From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 12 21:11:16 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 923FF1065670; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:11:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crodr001@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-f182.google.com (mail-ob0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C43A8FC14; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:11:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbun3 with SMTP id un3so4668612obb.13 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:11:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=h/wR7C2SSPEZ8Ku2Ap2XDiTDm8EX9AkziiEIKrUKH8A=; b=o9fkWnoMM0pr7tApk4TWYXdi733ZKhSupuYjuLFe9q9ZxxZMXCXknRfvv/C3/+lFGN FbkPtsxSmmDTg1zADsD4YnLiGSE2hVMD+2cqOqwOMx/JYAYjpgKYurskN8tTo3k1NF35 BXSjUAzkwUuSbgF4idmjFfFyZVhT/4MYfUhrBDzslLhDW8IM/diCA9JeulZ4v1JIrHoY xmOiqPChGoHs8io42IYzH4QQxFD3/e+d7Q24oyJ2qNsxRbv+qWHinQZnchPNIkycT3rc YQpECpywqxftR1Vn/wnxpaY17oWjtyvRuw0H9eeXmBn7RM4ySXktxH5Jxzmub50bWwLR HRZA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.225.100 with SMTP id rj4mr51539119obc.64.1342127475734; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:11:15 -0700 (PDT) Sender: crodr001@gmail.com Received: by 10.182.3.3 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:11:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4FFF1C09.2020408@FreeBSD.org> References: <20120712100110.GA34228@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <4FFF1C09.2020408@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:11:15 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: KLxC_wqKFiQKxNkifR3WA4XVyH8 Message-ID: From: Craig Rodrigues To: Doug Barton Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Baptiste Daroussin , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP & CFT] pkg 1.0rc1 and schedule X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:11:16 -0000 On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Doug Barton wrote: > 1. What are the goals for pkg? > 2. Why can't the existing tools fulfill those goals? > 3. How does pkg fulfill them? > > Hi, You might want to view Baptiste's pkgng presentation at BSDCan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hxq7AHZ27I For me, that presentation clarified the goals and motivation of the pkgng project. After viewing that presentation, for me it put into perspective some of the other pkgng information at http://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng/ . -- Craig Rodrigues rodrigc@crodrigues.org