From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 10 19:52:48 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05DEC16A421; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:52:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org (tarsier.geekcn.org [210.51.165.229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EFB413C44B; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:52:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from localhost (tarsier.geekcn.org [210.51.165.229]) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFE9DEC5BC3; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:52:43 +0800 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at geekcn.org Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org ([210.51.165.229]) by localhost (mail.geekcn.org [210.51.165.229]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id yg3KlJzYdirc; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:52:37 +0800 (CST) Received: from charlie.delphij.net (adsl-76-237-33-62.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net [76.237.33.62]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3515FEC3DBE; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:52:33 +0800 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=default; d=delphij.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:organization:user-agent: mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to: x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=fBbu+undEtjXLe65mKA+w443TkfXiw/YCAMPyfzZjGsYUByI15hIbuSkk1lRSDPOW v+vaOFmu3FZCJR07Js//Q== Message-ID: <475D98FF.5090001@delphij.net> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:52:31 -0800 From: Xin LI Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug Barton References: <200712091101.lB9B1w0C070261@repoman.freebsd.org> <20071210180238.GA93589@dragon.NUXI.org> <475D8C81.9010805@FreeBSD.org> <475D9217.6010506@delphij.net> <475D9679.7030508@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <475D9679.7030508@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, d@delphij.net, cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, Kirill Ponomarew 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 ... X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: d@delphij.net List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:52:48 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Doug Barton wrote: > 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. A (hopefully) better use might be to have INDEX for package collection, rather than ports collection, as we already done with release package set. It's just like sysinstall(8)'s package installation feature, but would be rather easier to configure from my point of view. Cheers, - -- Xin LI http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHXZj/hcUczkLqiksRAqxEAJ9du8oKeFwWRv9s+JXBQiQBlN58SQCdHw7f DocJas10+9UnOg3ICQxuLA8= =BRtT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----