Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:37:52 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Ports Re-engineering: Semi-official statement of scope and schedule Message-ID: <476A0DC0.2050701@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.0.999999.0712192113360.22776@qbhto.arg> References: <476662BF.9040109@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.0.999999.0712192113360.22776@qbhto.arg>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Doug Barton wrote: > Perhaps it's implicit somewhere in your stuff, but one thing that I > have not seen mentioned is along the lines of what Mike Makonnen > is doing with his prototype new installer. Namely divorcing the > parts of the system that do the work and the UI. > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=627025+0+current/freebsd-current > > > > Irrespective of the perceived value of any of the other goals, this > kind of work would really add value to the system, since it would > allow for building fancier front ends, including HTML, X > applications, etc. We started with a fairly modular design concept and the more I look at it the more modular it needs to be. > >> From my perspective (as someone writing tools to interact with >> the ports > system) a well defined API for interacting with the system would be > enormously valuable, and spur further innovation. I also think > that the work to define the API would go a long way toward helping > to structure the system. > > hth, > > Doug > - -- Aryeh M. Friedman FloSoft Systems http://www.flosoft-systems.com Developer, not business, friendly -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHag2/zIOMjAek4JIRArsAAJ9PQJGc9F0u6eskFLL7RSMhhWTHEQCgipc5 w6bDHthlQ9ekMBl+KUD6ihY= =5lgz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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