Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 11:07:06 +0200 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?utf-8?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=) To: <Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com> Cc: 'Tom Judge' <tom@tomjudge.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, 'Mike Meyer' <mwm@mired.org>, 'Michel Talon' <talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Subject: Re: DPS Initial Ideas Message-ID: <86tzufu62t.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <20070512004209.GA12218@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <17989.8202.624522.136573@bhuda.mired.org> <20070512090935.GA13929@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <86r6pkzhso.fsf@dwp.des.no> <46479A4A.1070103@tomjudge.com> <86wszbyko7.fsf@dwp.des.no> <000401c79601$2c4372e0$84ca58a0$@Sparrevohn@btinternet.com>
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"Thomas Sparrevohn" <Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com> writes: > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: > > There is a reason why people have been discussing this for ten years > > without getting anywhere. > I suspect that is because that by and large the ports system works ;-) Not really, it's because fixing it is very hard. Starting from scratch is easier, but you lose the established base of packages, and more importantly, of experienced maintainers and users. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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