Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 11:27:16 +0200 (MET DST) From: "S. Sigala" <ssigala@globalnet.it> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: My FreeBSD Wish List... Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970908112617.7454A-100000@athena.milk.it>
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... obviously IMHO (I'm sure that this will start an interesting
discussion, while i don't what to start a holy war):
* Move the ports packages prefix directory from /usr/local
to /usr/opt or something like. /usr/local should be reserved for
user compiled packages, and should be created empty by default, as other
operating systems already do.
The X11 ports should not be installed in /usr/X11R6 but in the
ports directory /usr/opt, the X Window directories tree should be
never touched by the ports, i.e. should be like /usr/bin or /usr/lib ...
the user is 100% sure that:
* the packages code is only in /usr/opt;
* the /usr/X11R6 don't contain anything but the XFree86 Inc. code.
* he may create a separate partition for /usr/local and /usr/opt (and
/usr/X11R6)
This makes the OS updates easy and the OS clean.
* Replace the current package format with the RedHat RPM one, while
using the Makefile idea for porting.
The current bsd.port.mk based Makefiles porting idea is excellent, but
what i suggest is an hybrid union of the two methods. The ports deltas
and Makefiles should remain the same, while only the package format
may change. This is because:
* The current tarred+gzipped format is slow, try to do a pkg_info
on a XEmacs or on a TeTeX package (a solution may be the .zip format...)
* The dependencies are not so useful as they would be. The dependencies
should help the user doing upgrades, and is here that the RPM format
comes.
* The RPM code is good and free (while is GPLed, i know...).
This makes, again, the OS updates easy.
Note: i'm using BOTH the FreeBSD and the RedHat Linux operating systems.
I'm not talking in theory, but from experience; I suggest this because i
have tried BOTH the package systems and found some pros and cons.
What do you think?
Regards,
-sandro
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