From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 12 21:29:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E017616A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:29:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mtaw6.prodigy.net (mtaw6.prodigy.net [64.164.98.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7DFB43D54 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:29:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (fea58de01d3c57fd047e927cc989f765@adsl-67-115-73-128.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.115.73.128]) by mtaw6.prodigy.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3D4SLjG029574; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:28:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E9FBF52322; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:29:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:29:29 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Erich Dollansky Message-ID: <20040413042929.GA24603@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <407B6B43.2050507@pacific.net.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="jRHKVT23PllUwdXP" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <407B6B43.2050507@pacific.net.sg> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: Garance A Drosihn cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Second "RFC" on pkg-data idea for ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 04:29:39 -0000 --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 12:23:31PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Garance A Drosihn wrote: > >At 11:40 PM -0400 4/12/04, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > > > >>What I'd like is some idea of whether this project is worth > >>pursuing. If not, then Darren and I will concentrate on some > >>other, less disruptive project.... > >> > >>If this project does not seem like it would be worth the effort, > >>then that will be perfectly okay too. Please let me know what > >>you think... > > > > > >Note that I am expecting that "silence" means the project is > >NOT worth doing. I can not commit these changes without help >=20 > I would not express it like this. The problems people have with FreeBSD= =20 > are very different one. >=20 > Let me explain the very simple problem I alway encounter while working=20 > with the ports as a plain user. >=20 > If some other versions of related packages or ports are installed, the=20 > installation process does not complete or even stops just at the spot. >=20 > It would be real helpfull to users if the package or port system would=20 > be able to automatically overcome this problem with installing the=20 > needed version in a way that the installed versions stays intact. Take a look at the portupgrade port, I think that's what you're trying to describe. > This could lead to a general system where any number of different=20 > versions of a package or port could be installed on the machine without= =20 > any interferance. That's a very different problem. Kris --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAe2ypWry0BWjoQKURAjohAKDMG7Ag8JPkfCWw+SxdkgT8iHXK7gCfWfCt jG9kH9ZSORrQylLAmjsw7Lc= =cHTK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP--