Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 18:32:09 -0500 From: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> To: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> Cc: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>, FreeBSD Ports <ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PortsNG (was Re: Ports Options Paper) Message-ID: <20000909183209.E632@radon.gryphonsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20000909182451.M2089@bonsai.hiwaay.net>; from sprice@hiwaay.net on Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 06:24:51PM -0500 References: <20000903052226.E1205@radon.gryphonsoft.com> <20000909003743.B92984@bonsai.hiwaay.net> <20000909161633.A71013@mithrandr.moria.org> <20000909182451.M2089@bonsai.hiwaay.net>
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On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 06:24:51PM -0500, Steve Price wrote:
> # I don't think the package format is in the least significant to the
> # problem, except possibly the use of zip-like archives to only grab
> # headers, and to perform some sort of package signing. These are both
> # dealt with in the package format described and implemented in libh
> # currently.
>
> We might want to rethink the package format at some point. I
> don't think it is really important to the new package upgrade
> mechanism either. However, laying it on the table and having
> everyone nod their head that we won't be considering it as part
> of our current focus *is* important.
The package format is really unrelated to mechanisms using it, so long
as we provide a consistent interface to the format.
> Indeed it might be overkill. Let's look at it from a tradeoff
> perspective. What are the pros/cons of the current 'one port,
> one package' system wrt to the other proposals?
Pros:
1) Fewer inodes.
2) Centralized option selection (no more "hmm, do I get option
foo and option bar from port-foo+bar or port-foobar?"). And
things are in the directories they really should be in. This
also leads to centralized development (i.e. everything is
edited in ONE directory).
Cons:
None.
Other than more complex bsd.port.mk code, and having to modify some
package building scripts and stuff like that.
--
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