From owner-freebsd-security Sat May 13 4:10:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from public.bta.net.cn (public.bta.net.cn [202.96.0.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 405B437BC49 for ; Sat, 13 May 2000 04:10:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from robinson@netrinsics.com) Received: from netrinsics.com ([202.108.133.96]) by public.bta.net.cn (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA01730 for ; Sat, 13 May 2000 19:07:27 +0800 (GMT) Received: (from robinson@localhost) by netrinsics.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA13455; Sat, 13 May 2000 19:11:47 +0800 (+0800) (envelope-from robinson) Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 19:11:47 +0800 (+0800) From: Michael Robinson Message-Id: <200005131111.TAA13455@netrinsics.com> To: nate@yogotech.com Subject: Re: New packaging tool (was Re: Applying patches with out a compiler) Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200005130137.TAA09188@nomad.yogotech.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Nate Williams writes: >There are numerous advantages to using something like ZIP, including >removing the requirement to 'unpack' the archive in a staging area, >since we could now unpack it directly in it's installation location. > >ZIP also allows signatures, and we have lots of free software that we >can leverage to implement the tools with it. Or, heck, why not JAR format, seeing as it's a well-defined standard, does everything necessary, and has multiple interoperable implementations. -Michael Robinson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message