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Subject: Re: (Relevant?) article on package mgmt at lwn.net
To: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
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On 5/2/17 7:18 pm, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> Hi!
>
> There's an article on package mgmt, also referencing the
> topic of language-specific package mgmt, at lwn.net:
>
> Package managers all the way down
> https://lwn.net/Articles/712318/
>
very relevant


FreeBSD ports/pkg issues are taking close to 50% of my time these days,

and we are just using 400 or so packages.