Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 10:26:34 -0800 (PST) From: "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: eivind@dimaga.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Getting /usr/ports everywhere... Message-ID: <199703111826.KAA04854@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <13472.858101376@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Mar 11, 97 09:29:36 am"
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According to Jordan K. Hubbard: > > Weren't you planning to write a replacement for sysinstall? In that case, > > it sounds somewhat wasteful to put that much work into it. I was thinking > > Yes, I was and am, but sysinstall is still sort of the creeping undead > for awhile. It works better than any of the alternatives and it's > relatively easy to add new configuration screens to (the registration > stuff taking me about 8 hours to slap together and finish testing, for > an example) so it's still too tempting a target not to dink with. > > Yes, any work invested in sysinstall is also wasted work, long-term, > but isn't most software right now? :-) I think if a relatively simple > feature helps a lot of new users, even if it only has a 3-6 month > shelf-life it's still worth the time to pop it into sysinstall. > Why do you think I keep messing with the stupid thing? :-) > Heroin, cocaine, morphine, sysinstall. As the medics carted Jordan off to the clinic, a faint voice was heard chanting the mantra "Just one more fix, and I'll quit." -- Steve
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