From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Nov 30 8:47:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost.sclp.com (unknown [209.196.61.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0114637B402 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2000 08:47:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix, from userid 110) id 3D817D049A; Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:47:20 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:47:20 -0700 From: Jason R Mastaler To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NetBSD package system features Message-ID: <20001130094720.A5077@mastaler.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG References: <00112811292900.19785@nightshade> <20001130083733.N559@puck.firepipe.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20001130083733.N559@puck.firepipe.net>; from will@physics.purdue.edu on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 08:37:33AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Will Andrews writes: > At this point, I'd rather focus on openpackages, which has a lot > more potential to solve problems and introduce new features done the > right way. I totally agree, I just wasn't aware of OpenPackages until now. Actually, it occurs to me that the "Benefits" section of http://openpackages.org/ is good argument as to why the BSDs should consolidate not just their package systems, but their entirety. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message