Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:52:01 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Jeremy Lea <reg@shale.csir.co.za> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, netmonger@genesis.ispace.com, kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD certified software (was: WordPerfect 8 for Linux) Message-ID: <36374BB1.5D25725A@softweyr.com> References: <19981028091347.W20920@freebie.lemis.com> <199810272320.QAA12516@usr04.primenet.com> <19981028092740.A3113@shale.csir.co.za>
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Jeremy Lea wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 1998 at 11:20:30PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > I was thinking in terms of a script (or package) that used the
> > output of "pkg_info -a -q" (or set dependencies) such that the
> > installation was straight-forward, given the commercial vendor's
> > installation media.
>
> Why not just have a new ports category called "commercial"? That way it is
> easy to make sure the software installs on all versions of FreeBSD, etc. and
> that the required dependencies are installed. Obviously this would require
> that FreeBSD, Inc. be supplied with demo copies of all the software :)
Or just a web or ftp download site. Aren't ports cool?
Plus, this would save us from going to a 6- or 8-CD distribution, something
I'm certain Jordan doesn't want to contemplate.
I guess we could make a "FreeBSD Enterprise" distribution, with CD's of
all of the different applications we can support, and put it in one of
those big CD books Sun uses. ;^)
--
Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061
Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com
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