Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 13:55:18 -0700 From: hiren panchasara <hiren@strugglingcoder.info> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] packaging the base system with pkg(8) Message-ID: <20160419205518.GC33164@strugglingcoder.info> In-Reply-To: <571696B2.3070100@freebsd.org> References: <E1asbZj-0003Ra-Qs@rmm6prod02.runbox.com> <76093.1461096570@critter.freebsd.dk> <1461096962.1232.32.camel@freebsd.org> <76177.1461097581@critter.freebsd.dk> <571696B2.3070100@freebsd.org>
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--VywGB/WGlW4DM4P8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 04/19/16 at 01:36P, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >=20 >=20 > On 04/19/16 13:26, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > -------- > > In message <1461096962.1232.32.camel@freebsd.org>, Ian Lepore writes: > > > >> Oh yeah, now I remember: Because in freebsd, design is decided by a > >> race to commit rather than by discussion. > > No, that's not it. > > > > It is because code talks much louder than words. > > > This is kind of a silly argument here since the code change is trivial.= =20 > There is a potentially large impact on the system that merits=20 > discussion. Moreover, there is a whole bunch of other code still needs=20 > to be written to make this workable in production that depends to some=20 > degree on what choices are made here: what does pkg show for these? How= =20 > do upgrades work? The installer needs modifications to use pkg instead=20 > of tar. It's not clear what the migration path to/from a packaged system= =20 > is, since the packaging is apparently optional. >=20 > If it would help, I am happy to generate a patch to make the discussion= =20 > concrete. Thank you, Nathan. "code wins" is not the correct argument in this discussion, imo. Fwiw, I feel this is one of the sensible threads where things are being discussed without shouting/yelling/shaming. But thats my opinion. Cheers, Hiren --VywGB/WGlW4DM4P8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQF8BAABCgBmBQJXFpszXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRBNEUyMEZBMUQ4Nzg4RjNGMTdFNjZGMDI4 QjkyNTBFMTU2M0VERkU1AAoJEIuSUOFWPt/lrmMIAJSCZ5q6GqiM6Y3NLKfSpwhF 4T2dWCaX21SYwcAG83n90PwEh0PF5xghFaVIqP5djGeC1X8/bfxZ9Zs0VHQ0AmwV o0qXTdf0bBaqqJCFmsFTqye4EFbPLtvhrI1DJRUDtRCwClnAlL/OhjMZlou3rNiW RkCgYE1VC/YtHY1dk/FTAyFEsnlGm7SvDkt82PXmK91A4VQAu+mMLksiEYNy7mHp yOvxq8IdWc4Qgf+CdutvZSZubL5Hg6+jgNuo7fvnQ+LvTVcO3TQDqTZ0CvhtquPc mjPCkZyLxKc7ZZXGTW5Y4Wx2Onp3ImDdIibOcE8RV2EazkjJUZQLKVY5p82zEuw= =I9Wu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VywGB/WGlW4DM4P8--
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