Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 14:50:42 -0500 From: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk> Cc: freebsd-binup@freebsd.org, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Matt Piechota <piechota@argolis.org>, Jay Keller <jaykeller4@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: OT: package management (was: Re: Updating ssh) Message-ID: <20011201195042.GC37583@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20011201171617.BFFB237B417@hub.freebsd.org> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011129145159.00afd050@localhost> <20011130151834.Q40720-100000@cithaeron.argolis.org> <20011130204022.GA581@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org> <20011201171617.BFFB237B417@hub.freebsd.org>
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--da4uJneut+ArUgXk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat Dec 01, 2001 at 06:16:10PM +0100, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 >=20 >=20 > On Friday 30 November 2001 21:40, The Anarcat wrote: >=20 > > [I should have moved this to -binup some time ago, but here we go.] > Where did the thread start? -security. Discussion of /usr/bin/ssh vs /usr/local/bin/ssh. > > > I don't know if we'd want to do the entire system this way, but the m= ore > > > optional stuff would be nice (named, sendmail, etc). > > On the contrary, I think the whole system should be this way. A few > > advantages: > [CUT] > > Any disavantages? > Actually IMHO no.. It will take some time to actually split up the base= =20 > system but I think it will be worth the work. It will make the FreeBSD=20 > install much more flexible. Yes. But there *will* be a maintenance cost. The system not only won't make itself packaged magically, but will have to be checked for consistency before packaging. I mean, the different maintainers or the people touching the code will have to be concious of the packaging, contrarly to current pratice where everything is just thrown in and moved around. > Should we see if we can the the binup project moving a bit again? Err.. yeah, let's. :) a. --da4uJneut+ArUgXk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjwJNJEACgkQttcWHAnWiGfrYwCgl7rrH/QaIvOt5GDMoZF5Lm/m HrIAoJ2VbAln/AFb37/x3rpdTfGLRUpy =iadF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --da4uJneut+ArUgXk-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-binup" in the body of the message
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