From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 5 03:30:16 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E877A16A419 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 03:30:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from beech@freebsd.org) Received: from freebsd.alaskaparadise.com (freebsd.alaskaparadise.com [208.79.80.117]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E93F13C46A for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 03:30:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from beech@freebsd.org) Received: from 137-42-178-69.gci.net (137-42-178-69.gci.net [69.178.42.137]) by freebsd.alaskaparadise.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3830023835E1; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 03:30:15 +0000 (UTC) From: Beech Rintoul To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 18:30:08 -0900 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <47541063.4010101@gmail.com> <475492DD.6090401@telia.com> <4755FD83.3020909@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <4755FD83.3020909@u.washington.edu> X-Face: jC2w\k*Q1\0DA2Q0Eh&BrP/Rt2M,^2O#R07VoT98m*>miQF9%Bi9vy`F6cPjwEe?m,)=?utf-8?q?2=0A=09X=3FM=5C=3AOE9QgZ?="xT3/n3,3MJ7N=Cfkmi%f(w^~X"SUxn>; 27NO; C+)g[7J`$G*SN>{<=?utf-8?q?O=3Bg7=7C=0A=09o=7D=265A=5D4?=@7D`=Eb@Zs1Ln814?]|k@'bG=.Ca"[|8+_.OsNAo8!#?4u MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200712041830.11581.beech@freebsd.org> Cc: Garrett Cooper , "Aryeh M. Friedman" Subject: Re: [RFC/P] Port System Re-Engineering (Repost from -ports@) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Beech Rintoul List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:30:17 -0000 On Tuesday 04 December 2007, Garrett Cooper said: > Andreas Pettersson wrote: > > Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > >> 1. What is more important to your personal use of FreeBSD (the > >> ports system, the underlaying OS, some other aspect)? > >> > >> > >> 2. How frequently do you interact with the ports systems and > >> what is the most common interaction you have with it? > > > > Portupgrade a few times a month > > > >> 3. What is the single best aspect of the current system? > > > > Installed ports are configurally very similar to the source > > distribution (no renamed config files etc), so it's easy to get > > support from the community. > > > >> 4. What is the single worst aspect of the current system? > > > > I find it difficult to downgrade installed ports. > > > >> 5. If you where a new FreeBSD user how would your answers above > >> change? If you where brand new to UNIX how whould they change? > > > > Not sure. > > > >> 6. Assuming that there was no additional work on your behalf > >> would you use a new system if it corrected your answer to number > >> 4? > > > > I think so. > > > >> 7. Same as question 6 but for your answer on question 3? > > > > I think not. > > > >> 8. How long have you used FreeBSD and/or UNIX in general? > > > > FreeBSD since 2003. > > > >> 9. That is your primary use(s) for your FreeBSD machine(s) > >> (name upto 3)? > > > > Firewall, development, misc > > > >> 10. Assuming there is no functional difference what is your > >> preferred installation method for 3rd party software? > > > > Ports > > > >> 11. On a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being the best) please rate the > >> importance of the following aspects of the ports system? > >> > >> a. User Interface *5* > >> b. Consistency of behaviors and interactions *7* > >> c. Accuracy in dependant port installations *8* > >> d. Internal record keeping *6* > >> e. Granularity's of the port management system *?* > >> > >> 12. Please rate your personal technical skill level? > > > > Average > > Instead of asking all of the questions on a list, why not just > direct people to input information via a webpage? Seems to be a bit > more effective / less traffic than posting results to multiple > lists.. -Garrett I strongly second that suggestion. There is far too much noise on some of these lists as it is. Beech -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beech Rintoul - FreeBSD Developer - beech@FreeBSD.org /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | FreeBSD Since 4.x \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | http://www.freebsd.org X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Latest Release: / \ - http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/6.2R/announce.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------