Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 20:57:47 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: sfarrell+lists@farrell.org Cc: Peter Jeremy <Peter.Jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Package management (was Re: Come on guys, close a PR or two, will ya ?) Message-ID: <199804160357.UAA00786@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "15 Apr 1998 21:14:51 CDT." <87af9mjyw4.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu>
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> Peter Jeremy <Peter.Jeremy@alcatel.com.au> writes: > > > On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 19:30:15 +0200 (CEST), Marino Ladavac <lada@pc8811.gud.siemens.at> wrote: > > >I could take a look at it if you don't mind SystemV packaging style. > > Some disadvantages of the SysV package style (or at least Sun's > > implementation thereof): > > > > If we're thinking about replacing the existing package management > > tools, we'd be better off defining exactly what we want the tools > > to do, before porting the package management tools from another OS. > > Umm... why not use RPM? Read the list archives if you want the full story. In short: - the code is GPL'd. - the RPM format doesn't carry enough meta-information. - the files are compressed using gzip, making random access within the archive impossible. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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