Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:41:45 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: d@delphij.net Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, Kirill Ponomarew <krion@FreeBSD.ORG>, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pkg_install Makefile src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add pkg_add.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create pkg_create.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/delete pkg_delete.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info pkg_info.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/search Makefile pkg_search.1 ... Message-ID: <475D9679.7030508@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <475D9217.6010506@delphij.net> References: <200712091101.lB9B1w0C070261@repoman.freebsd.org> <20071210180238.GA93589@dragon.NUXI.org> <475D8C81.9010805@FreeBSD.org> <475D9217.6010506@delphij.net>
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Xin LI wrote:
> Let's see what we can do it in the future: teach pkg_search about how to
> download an INDEX file for use, something that you don't have to install
> the whole ports tree and can do easily.
>
> I think this is a very useful feature. There are a lot of users who use
> packages rather than using ports, and something like pkg_search,
> pkg_update would definitely be an useful add to our current package tool
> set.
Something like that may be useful, but I would argue that other out of
band tools for perusing the ports collection already exist.
My point was simply that given the fact that pkg_search relies on the
INDEX, having it in the base does not _add_ functionality, although it
may do the same job in a better way.
Doug
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