Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 18:11:11 -0500 From: dannyman <dannyman@dannyland.org> To: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com> Cc: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New ports scheme Message-ID: <19980703181111.G6665@enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980703155347.3336B-100000@altrox.atipa.com>; from Atipa on Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 04:04:57PM -0600 References: <19980703174558.C6665@enteract.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980703155347.3336B-100000@altrox.atipa.com>
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On Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 04:04:57PM -0600, Atipa wrote: > Except that you can use fs tools (ls, etc.) to scan through them, and > don't need anything more. Once again, a custom UI would be really cool and > great for scalability, but we need to decide what resources must be > present (X11, http, curses, etc.) to read the DB. Being able to use normal > tools is a nice last resort in case those aren't available. I think all > port management should be available from the command line (cat, tar, gzip, > ls, etc.), but have a nice front end for convenience. A command-line utility with this functionality would rock, and maybe even be neccessary anyway to facilitate building dependencies and stuff. :) -danny -- // dannyman yori aiokomete || Our Honored Symbol deserves \\/ http://www.dannyland.org/~dannyman/ || an Honorable Retirement (UIUC) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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