Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 06:34:26 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, phk@FreeBSD.ORG, committers@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Come on guys, close a PR or two, will ya ? Message-ID: <15974.892647266@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 15 Apr 1998 01:19:35 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980415010928.7475Q-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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> All solveable problems. A more robust packaging system will solve most of > these. That's like saying "we can get to the stars, we just need a faster than light drive - it's obvious guys!" :-) I've been trying to write or get someone (anyone!) else to write "a more robust packaging system" for something close to 4 years now and I'm not having any luck at all. I've also even looked at what it would take to make the ports collection generate RPMs (it's sort of mappable but definitely not easy) and if Debian were easier to install on my spam box I'd probably have looked at that by now too. Nobody, least of all myself, is particularly proud of the current prototype package system and would LOVE to see Package System MKII, whether it's an import or another indigenous effort. A more robust packaging system / management system is not the answer - that is the question. Who's going to do it is the answer we're looking for here. :-) Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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