Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:19:14 +0100 From: Michel Talon <talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr> To: Baptiste Daroussin <baptiste.daroussin@gmail.com> Cc: Marcin Wisnicki <mwisnicki+freebsd@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [ECFT] pkgng 0.1-alpha1: a replacement for pkg_install Message-ID: <20110326131914.GA17636@lpthe.jussieu.fr>
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> This can still be discussed but I don't really like the idea that > users may alter packages an installation/extraction time, that would > lead to lots of potential buggy installation and report. > If user aren't happy with the packaging, they can poke the maintainer, > send PR, patch etc. The whole point of *binary* packages is that people don't mess changing options, changing what is installed, etc. so that port maintainers know exactly what people have on their machine, and be able to test it. This is a prerequisite for a system which is not a complete mess. Those you like to change things are on their own. -- Michel TALON
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