From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Mar 25 20:46:01 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id UAA28952 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 25 Mar 1995 20:46:01 -0800 Received: from amalfi.trl.OZ.AU (amalfi.trl.OZ.AU [137.147.99.99]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA28917 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 1995 20:45:56 -0800 Received: from orca1.vic.design.telecom.com.au ([145.136.55.131]) by amalfi.trl.OZ.AU (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA04960; Sun, 26 Mar 1995 15:43:56 +1000 Received: from netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au by orca1.vic.design.telecom.com.au with SMTP (1.37.109.4/16.2) id AA02578; Sun, 26 Mar 95 14:42:01 +1000 Received: from netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au (netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au [144.139.63.32]) by netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au (8.6.8/8.6.6) with SMTP id NAA15448; Sun, 26 Mar 1995 13:04:51 +0759 Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1995 13:04:50 +0800 (WST) From: Terry Dwyer To: Terry Lee Cc: Terry Lambert , hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: httpd as part of the system. In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 25 Mar 1995, Terry Lee wrote: [...] > I think there is a big difference. There are too many programs in ports. > And the same goes for packages. I think your average customer would > really appreciate someone who knows better, putting together a > "standard/typical ports" package. I think the average user has a hard > time sifting through the many programs in packages and ports. (I hope I have the context of the above correct - if not apologies in advance) Sorry, but I have to disagree. I think the average customer, (does this translate to user?), has a hell of a good time sifting through ports, I knowI do ;-), or they would not have bothered installing FreeBSD in the first place. People don't _always_ install an operating system just to hack on the kernel. If there are a good range of packages and ports it enhances the desirability of the operating system. Regards, Terry