Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 00:29:23 -0800 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org> To: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org> Cc: Libh <freebsd-libh@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: package tools Message-ID: <1820.1006849763@winston.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Message from The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org> of "Tue, 27 Nov 2001 00:00:00 EST." <20011127045959.GA5828@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org>
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> 2- Why "SYSINSTALL/" as meta-info directory? I mean, it's a bikeshed but > sysinstall is the installation program, which is not necessary related > to the package facilities. Is it realistic at all to challenge that > convention? Sure. As you say, they're separate and were probably only associated at that level for convenience or because someone was confused. > 3- I will probably start working on basic package tools implementation > (pkg_*) to be complete before starting to work on a GUI. In other words, > I'll be hacking on pkgtools. In other words, I'm asking for > advice/permission/gotcha, etc. :) Sounds like a very reasonable place to start, though bear in mind those will probably be straight TCL scripts if you want to implement this the most direct way. :) > 4- Have anyone explored the problems of libh/ports system interaction? I think at some point the ports collection could be mined for some examples of how to transition from the old package meta-data to the new, but that's so far along the line that I don't think it's really worth even looking at yet. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-libh" in the body of the message
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