From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 5 16:40:44 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFE54106564A for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2012 16:40:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhellenthal@dataix.net) Received: from mail-gh0-f182.google.com (mail-gh0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CE088FC15 for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2012 16:40:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ghbz22 with SMTP id z22so8949235ghb.13 for ; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:40:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dataix.net; s=rsa; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=ikGGj/jUGExTvPZiwa7u1ppZDMWniDV3h52akPgjKE8=; b=ZwMEhzvYvSwozn33gvFqWh1+2SySbH5bPg+bnSPkxPvCP5syT3Vvuqur4Aej1TuDmW EOZn30arExJGhmWmbQyknVQwprR+j0UUUA5CQEA+uv0GlfpPrWdUCyP1pVx2g/Eszsi0 eE+9iTKoGqFGqhjkKc7u84vkaje3XM3jD4nyk= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:x-gm-message-state; bh=ikGGj/jUGExTvPZiwa7u1ppZDMWniDV3h52akPgjKE8=; b=poeLlrMmJXXONNsojRS8r/C9lImyC/UgDxu5XFwZMfsgiZhsSIgSCbMomS3Wm0yXGe CnZTnt1/a5MDakYmwT83YutLQnhmY/NzHQC6S4QS5bxzCpoBbOPWlfkOW/iJ3rg8OSDo hoQuL08Muz81oTdQg3+2zUQP6cp9fagxnLbwvBNQ1YPkMGzzUmY3FA4P66JUIEk6W+DI cLCGgUnoGH8/kWzlslrRR00FvHcTq0DJN4bAAqaVuYkpVkoVoM6Y9nR+f2NyXipcCoBC FAxix+8MZhEtcABoAeCwPzbfggVRGjghNJh7kZoT3IiZA50A2f3pMkuIWMYZUhrp77We RHag== Received: by 10.42.145.7 with SMTP id d7mr13807157icv.45.1341506438234; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:40:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from DataIX.net (adsl-108-73-115-46.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net. [108.73.115.46]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k4sm671796igq.16.2012.07.05.09.40.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:40:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from DataIX.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by DataIX.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q65GeYNf042388 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 5 Jul 2012 12:40:34 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhellenthal@DataIX.net) Received: (from jh@localhost) by DataIX.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q65GeXvL042387; Thu, 5 Jul 2012 12:40:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhellenthal@DataIX.net) Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 12:40:33 -0400 From: Jason Hellenthal To: Thomas Sparrevohn Message-ID: <20120705164033.GA35340@DataIX.net> References: <4FF4CB54.1060004@FreeBSD.org> <4ff583e1.p5DKDON6DEU+CQRo%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <201207051032.16451.Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201207051032.16451.Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com> X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnhoN2OlVIfPXz6nsDNozV47btkJnX7pgZCLgO+cRq85g/TcDOMELjfkkMFJ5hmFBq1M/Vc Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install-prompt for missing features (Was: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:40:44 -0000 On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 10:32:16AM +0100, Thomas Sparrevohn wrote: > On Thursday 05 Jul 2012 13:09:05 perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > Doug Barton wrote: > > > ... something like this would be *really* valuable to ease > > > the transition for people coming from a Linux background. > > > > I'm sure some folks here would count this as a reason *not* > > to provide it >:-> > > > > I think the idea is quite silly all in all - There are 23k Ports a lot of > which will have executeables - so everytime I make a typo - a database with - > say 30,000-40,000 elements and give me a list back of things I could install > from say the russian ports - I don't speak russian. I suggest looking at > extending locate(1) or apropos(1) instead. Installed as a default in the shell > I would count as a major reason to abandon FreeBSD. > I would consider abandoning a OS that you originally installed for its functionality pretty silly but hey ... its a free world. And so is diabling things or choosing a optin. -- - (2^(N-1))