Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 13:06:14 -0500 From: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org> Cc: Libh <freebsd-libh@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: package tools Message-ID: <20011127180613.GA520@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <1820.1006849763@winston.freebsd.org> References: <20011127045959.GA5828@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org> <1820.1006849763@winston.freebsd.org>
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--2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue Nov 27, 2001 at 12:29:23AM -0800, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > > 2- Why "SYSINSTALL/" as meta-info directory? I mean, it's a bikeshed but > > sysinstall is the installation program, which is not necessary related > > to the package facilities. Is it realistic at all to challenge that > > convention? >=20 > Sure. As you say, they're separate and were probably only associated > at that level for convenience or because someone was confused. I'll see what I can do. > > 3- I will probably start working on basic package tools implementation > > (pkg_*) to be complete before starting to work on a GUI. In other words, > > I'll be hacking on pkgtools. In other words, I'm asking for > > advice/permission/gotcha, etc. :) >=20 > Sounds like a very reasonable place to start, though bear in mind those > will probably be straight TCL scripts if you want to implement this the > most direct way. :) Indeed. They will be tcl scripts. Well, actually, they *could* be C++, no? > > 4- Have anyone explored the problems of libh/ports system interaction? >=20 > I think at some point the ports collection could be mined for some exampl= es > of how to transition from the old package meta-data to the new, but that's > so far along the line that I don't think it's really worth even looking > at yet. Hmm.. I don't know. Because in order to have packages to work with in the first place, on *must* interact either with the ports collection, or with the old package database, which comes back to the same issue, IMHO: backwards compatibility. Anyways, Alex has already written a makepackage.sh, so I don't think it's too far-seeing. :) a. --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjwD1hQACgkQttcWHAnWiGcHeACdEot/Ralv0IvmHC1WfXMJdA4C i9YAn1o8oMTfN28fhn7JjGX+ss4yE+M4 =wziv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-libh" in the body of the message
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