Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 01:51:24 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@gorean.org> To: Michael Haro <mharo@area51.fremont.ca.us> Cc: FreeBSD Ports Team <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Are files, pkg _and_ scripts needed? Message-ID: <376B5A0C.36060A34@gorean.org> References: <19990609123657.A15739@area51.fremont.ca.us>
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Michael Haro wrote: > > Hi, is there any reason to have a files, pkg and scripts directory? > It seems to me that pkg and scripts could be merged into the files > directory. Wouldn't this make the ports install much faster? A good > chunk of the ports have only 1 file, md5, in the files directory right > now and 3 files in pkg. This change would involve lots of repository > copying and testing, but it is probably worth it. Personally I agree. Less directories == less inodes, which is a good thing. I can justify having patches in their own directory, but I don't see any reason not to combine all the other files into one directory. Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** Nominated for quote of the year is the statement made by Representative Dick Armey (Texas), who when asked if he were in the President's place, would he resign, responded: "If I were in the President's place I would not get a chance to resign. I would be lying in a pool of my own blood hearing Mrs. Armey standing over me saying, 'How do I reload this damn thing?'" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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