Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:49:18 -0700 From: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, McDowell <rcm@fuzzwad.org>, Ron Subject: Re: [IMPORT] bsdconfig(8) Message-ID: <04E88813-2416-4B60-93D3-D620DBE5A8AF@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <50013D3B.90206@cran.org.uk> References: <E9DED6C2-9E85-44D5-B40F-D4CC21B67A03@fisglobal.com> <50013D3B.90206@cran.org.uk>
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On Jul 14, 2012, at 2:34 AM, Bruce Cran wrote: > On 14/07/2012 03:48, Devin Teske wrote: >> I'm [re-]announcing that (after much delay from the first announcement) = that I am finally importing bsdconfig(8) into HEAD. >=20 > I've noticed a couple of issues: >=20 > The welcome page mentions setting the root password and the time zone, bu= t bsdinstall will have already done that. >=20 The goal is to have bsdinstall drop those functionalities and instead link = to bsdconfig. > "...look at the 'Packages' item in this menu." and on the main page - "Mo= st importantly, you can use the Packages utility..." - I don't see a Packag= es entry in the menu. >=20 This will be added before MFC and before switching WITH_BSDCONFIG to WITHOU= T_BSDCONFIG. bsdconfig needs to replicate package installation because sysinstall had it= =85 but bsdconfig is going to use pkgng instead of the legacy tools. This w= ill greatly improve the abilities of the tool (you'll be able to perform re= mote package queries, etc. -- something you couldn't ever do in sysinstall). However, in order to build a more full-and-complete package management tool= based on pkgng, we needed the help of bapt (and he's agreed to help -- lat= er). Right now, bsdconfig and pkgng are maturing side-by-side without knowl= edge of each other. As they both slow down a bit, integration becomes a clo= ser reality and less of a moving target. --=20 Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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