From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Jul 16 1:24: 7 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 39B3537B400 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 01:24:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jkh-gw.queasyweasel.com (adsl-64-173-3-158.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net [64.173.3.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9A9543E4A for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 01:24:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@queasyweasel.com) Received: from mango.queasyweasel.com (mango.freebsd.com [64.173.15.99]) by jkh-gw.queasyweasel.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6G8Nrux011927; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 01:23:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@queasyweasel.com) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 01:24:31 -0700 Subject: Re: scripting language in base system? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v535) Cc: Mark Valentine , danfe@regency.nsu.ru (Alexey Dokuchaev), Jos Backus , freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG To: Garance A Drosihn From: Jordan K Hubbard In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <73FF8785-9895-11D6-BCA3-0003938C7B7E@queasyweasel.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.535) 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 Monday, July 15, 2002, at 06:57 PM, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > Perhaps that is the problem. Me, I want a good package-system, but > all the 30-year sh/sed/awk veterans don't seem to see a need for it. A good package system isn't really intended for them anyway since the 30-year veterans usually just grab the sources off their favorite archive site and compile it themselves anyway. "Package systems are a crutch, man" they say, just before falling asleep in front of the TV with a blanket on their laps. I think package systems and fancy installers are for the other 98%. :-) -- Jordan K. Hubbard Engineering Manager, BSD technology group Apple Computer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message