From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 17 18:56:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA00983 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 18:56:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (tnt2-57.HiWAAY.net [208.147.148.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA00801 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 18:56:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by n4hhe.ampr.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA02468 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 19:42:39 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Message-Id: <199812180142.TAA02468@n4hhe.ampr.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Back to sysinstall (was Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall)) In-reply-to: Message from Nate Williams of "Thu, 17 Dec 1998 15:28:28 MST." <199812172228.PAA03922@mt.sri.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 19:42:39 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Nate Williams writes: > The requirement of almost every installation to have a couple of > packages installed implies that the user should know how to install > them. Once they are able to install one package, the addition of a > couple more makes the issue of 'base OS' vs. 'packages' a moot point. > It also means that the 'base OS' is easier to install, build, and debug > since it relies less on features that aren't critical to those tasks, so > the developers can focus their efforts on adding new features and fixing > bugs. It wouldn't be such a bad idea if *everything* was a package (including the kernel) leaving sysinstall to be a glorified pkg_add. SGI's Irix is this way. Am not sure Solaris doesn't do similar. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message