From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Jul 8 17:47: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD0EE37B401 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 17:46:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail16.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.216]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 506AE43E52 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 17:46:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 16828 invoked from network); 9 Jul 2002 00:46:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail16.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 9 Jul 2002 00:46:54 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (laptop.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.4]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g690kjf06522; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 20:46:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20020708224952.GA5381@scoobysnax.jaded.net> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 20:46:56 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Dan Moschuk Subject: RE: Summary of package system flaws (for the 100th time) Cc: arch@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 08-Jul-2002 Dan Moschuk wrote: > > There's been a lot of opinions and ideas expressed on this list over the last > twenty four hours that seems to have side-stepped into numerous discussions. > > However, rather than tossing out ideas that solve problem X but do nothing > about problem Y (or create problem Z) I think it would be beneficial to first > decide on what functionality we are looking for in a package system. > Then we can begin discussing how to best implement them. > > Rather than fork off another web of discussions, please email me privately > what you would like to see a new package system do, and I will summarize > everything and follow up tomorrow afternoon. Once a "wishlist" has been > decided on, the architectural bikeshed can begin. :) *sigh* Has anyone in this discussion looked at the libh package stuff or are you all just going to sit down and hash out all the same arguments for the bazillionth time? -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message