From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Feb 13 19:58:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from gershwin.tera.com (gershwin.tera.com [207.224.230.28]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74B154A2B; Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:58:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from tao.thought.org (tao.sea.tera.com [207.108.223.55]) by gershwin.tera.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA20788; Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:58:43 -0800 (PST) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.9.3/8.7.3) id TAA62575; Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:58:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:58:36 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Kris Kennaway Cc: Richard Wackerbarth , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /usr/ports/ too big? Message-ID: <20000213195836.A61778@tao.thought.org> References: <00021223272001.02765@nomad.dataplex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from kris@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 07:32:37PM -0800 X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 07:32:37PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > [[ ... ]] > > I look forward to your PR containing said script. > > > Writing the script is MUCH easier than opening your eyes to the idea that there > > might be a better way. > > It shouldn't take too long, then :-P > > > If FreeBSD is ever going to amount to much more than a few "hackers" > > playing in their sandbox, there is going to have to be a less myopic > > view of the needs of others. Right now, the prevaling attitude is > > "I've got mine, to hell with the rest" and "NIH rules" > > No, FreeBSD is and always has been progressed by people who do the work to > solve a problem. Expecting someone else to do the work for you is just not > the way it works. > What you say here, Kris, --and Chuck too, IIRC-- about sums it up. I can see the potential problem, so maybe the thing for you to do, Richard, is cobble together a script. In fact, with all the hours this discussion has taken, you could've probably written it. And yup, whoever sees a problem is the one who should come up with a reasonable solution. gary -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message