From owner-freebsd-libh Tue Nov 27 0:29:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-libh@freebsd.org Received: from winston.freebsd.org (adsl-64-173-15-98.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net [64.173.15.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24CC937B61E for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 00:29:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from winston.freebsd.org (jkh@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by winston.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fAR8TNq01824; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 00:29:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@winston.freebsd.org) To: The Anarcat Cc: Libh Subject: Re: package tools In-Reply-To: Message from The Anarcat of "Tue, 27 Nov 2001 00:00:00 EST." <20011127045959.GA5828@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 00:29:23 -0800 Message-ID: <1820.1006849763@winston.freebsd.org> From: Jordan Hubbard Sender: owner-freebsd-libh@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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