From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 15 08:15:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA16692 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 08:15:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gatewaya.anheuser-busch.com (gatewaya.anheuser-busch.com [151.145.250.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA16152; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:12:23 GMT (envelope-from Matthew.Alton@anheuser-busch.com) Received: by gatewaya.anheuser-busch.com; id KAA14119; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 10:11:44 -0500 Received: from stlabcexg003(151.145.101.158) by gatewaya.anheuser-busch.com via smap (3.2) id xma014100; Wed, 15 Apr 98 10:11:31 -0500 Received: by stlabcexg003.anheuser-busch.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id <2TLM8TTP>; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 10:10:27 -0500 Message-ID: <31B3F0BF1C40D11192A700805FD48BF9017765A1@STLABCEXG011> From: "Alton, Matthew" To: "'Jordan K. Hubbard'" , "Matthew N. Dodd" Cc: Peter Wemm , Satoshi Asami , phk@FreeBSD.ORG, committers@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Come on guys, close a PR or two, will ya ? Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 10:04:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'll do it. Please send me pointers. Thank you. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jordan K. Hubbard [SMTP:jkh@time.cdrom.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 1998 8:34 AM > To: Matthew N. Dodd > Cc: Peter Wemm; Satoshi Asami; phk@FreeBSD.ORG; committers@FreeBSD.ORG; > hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Come on guys, close a PR or two, will ya ? > > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message