From owner-freebsd-arch Sat Feb 17 7: 4:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B8B137B503; Sat, 17 Feb 2001 07:04:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id HAA06884; Sat, 17 Feb 2001 07:04:54 -0800 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda06882; Sat Feb 17 07:04:36 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.11.2/8.9.1) id f1HF4Vt88641; Sat, 17 Feb 2001 07:04:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpds88639; Sat Feb 17 07:04:14 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.11.2/8.9.1) id f1HF4DY38770; Sat, 17 Feb 2001 07:04:13 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200102171504.f1HF4DY38770@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdR38762; Sat Feb 17 07:03:21 2001 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-Sender: schubert To: Robert Watson Cc: Matt Dillon , Mark Murray , Jordan Hubbard , arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Moving Things [was Re: List of things to move from main tree] In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 17 Feb 2001 09:26:57 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 07:03:21 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , Robe rt Watson writes: [many good comments removed] > An observation that Jordan and others have made is that you can > distinguish source structure and install-time modularity issues, meaning > that it's possible to imagine having the tight integration of sendmail and > bind into the source tree, and related local patches and reproduceable > source integration / auditing, while maintaing packages-like install-time > choices and bundling. A lot of the reasons that people argue for removing > code from the tree relate to the desire for high install-time modularity, > and a lot of the reasons people argue for inclusion in the source tree are > tight source integration, reproduceability, and configuration merging and > management. We can have both you know. :-) You've hit the nail right on the head. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message