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Subject: Re: OT: package management (was: Re: Updating ssh)
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[I should have moved this to -binup some time ago, but here we go.]

On Ven nov 30, 2001 at 03:19:24pm -0500, Matt Piechota wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Brett Glass wrote:
>=20
> > >And there is a solution: we have a package management suite, we should
> > >use it to package the base system.
> >
> > I really do like this idea.
>=20
> I don't know if we'd want to do the entire system this way, but the more
> optional stuff would be nice (named, sendmail, etc).

On the contrary, I think the whole system should be this way. A few
advantages:

1- transparancy: we have a single install procedure for 3rd party and
base apps

2- consistency: we can check the consistency of the system using the
package's checksums

3- ease of upgrade: binary upgrade become a trivial matter

4- external distribution: seperate binary packages allow us to
distribute stuff such as ftpd as seperate distinct packages

Any disavantages?

a.

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