Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 23:45:43 -0700 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Uh oh.. Time to take another look at the packages collection! Message-ID: <19970928234543.04027@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <8904.875513941@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Sun, Sep 28, 1997 at 11:19:01PM -0700 References: <19970928231259.30273@mooseriver.com> <8904.875513941@time.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, Sep 28, 1997 at 11:19:01PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Why not split the packages into several groups roughly as follows; > > Perhaps I should clarify my earlier message: I'm not seeking where to > draw the lines, I'm seeking *how* to draw the lines. Ahh! <Light bulb goes on> > Let's say I'm installing with my media type set to FTP, and my > site has plenty of space and a single packages/INDEX file. That's the > simple case, but what about when the packages are split across 2 CDs? > Is each package collection stand-alone or do we implement some sort > of "TOC" mechanism that lets INDEX file entries point elsewhere? > Neither of the above? > I think it best to have some sort of TOC mechanism. A good number of packages have a dependency on other packages. I suspect as time goes on the number of packages with dependency will increase at a much faster rate than the stand-alone packages. The fun comes in when we split our package collection across CDs and we realize that most of our users have _ONE_ CDROM drive. The "New and Improved" (tm) package system will have to be able to do package installs in a two step process. That is unless you wish to tell our users that they MUST have either a CD changer or 2 CDROM drives to use our package system ;-) -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.2 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses
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