From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 13 04:22:45 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42B1816A405 for ; Sun, 13 May 2007 04:22:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from duane@dwlabs.ca) Received: from smtpout.eastlink.ca (smtpout.eastlink.ca [24.222.0.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 130EA13C458 for ; Sun, 13 May 2007 04:22:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from duane@dwlabs.ca) Received: from ip01.eastlink.ca ([24.222.10.5]) by mta01.eastlink.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.03 (built Sep 22 2005)) with ESMTP id <0JHY00FADPHVJJI0@mta01.eastlink.ca> for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Sun, 13 May 2007 01:22:43 -0300 (ADT) Received: from blk-224-199-230.eastlink.ca (HELO dwpc.dwlabs.ca) ([24.224.199.230]) by ip01.eastlink.ca with ESMTP; Sun, 13 May 2007 00:52:53 -0300 Received: from dwpc.dwlabs.ca (imap.dwlabs.ca [192.168.0.10]) by dwpc.dwlabs.ca (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4D4MtUp007790; Sun, 13 May 2007 01:23:01 -0300 (ADT envelope-from duane@dwpc.dwlabs.ca) Received: (from duane@localhost) by dwpc.dwlabs.ca (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l4D4Mto2007789; Sun, 13 May 2007 01:22:55 -0300 (ADT envelope-from duane) Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 01:22:54 -0300 From: Duane Whitty In-reply-to: <4643E10A.5030104@u.washington.edu> To: Garrett Cooper Message-id: <20070513042254.GC1017@dwpc.dwlabs.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ah4FAFQuRkYY4MfmdGdsb2JhbACBXI5a X-IronPort-AV: i="4.14,526,1170648000"; d="scan'208"; a="213616729:sNHT203212152" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.6/3231/Sat May 12 12:57:12 2007 on dwpc.dwlabs.ca X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-25) on dwpc.dwlabs.ca References: <200705102105.27271.blackdragon@highveldmail.co.za> <4643E10A.5030104@u.washington.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham version=3.1.4 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps)) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 04:22:46 -0000 On Thursday, 10 May 2007 at 20:20:42 -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: > David Naylor wrote: > >Dear Jordan > > > >Recently I stumbled across a document you wrote in 2001, entitled "FreeBSD > >installation and package tools, past, present and future". I find FreeBSD > >appealing and I would like to contribute it its success, and as your > >article describes, the installation and packaging system is lacking. > >Since the installation system is being tackled under a SoC project I am > >hoping to give the packaging system a go. > > > >I was hoping you could help me with an update about the situation with > >pkg. I have searched the FreeBSD mailing lists and have found little > >information on the package system. Once I have a (much more) complete > >understanding of the packaging system (and providing there is work to be > >done) I would like to write up a proposal to solve the problems, and > >perhaps provide some innovating new capabilities. > > > >After that I will gladly contribute what I can to this (possible) project > >and hopefully further and improve FreeBSD. Any assistance or information > >you can give I will be greatly appreciate. > > > >I look forward to your reply. > > > >David > > Yipes. The name of the game is to get something working in the base > system, instead of dragging in multiple 3rd party packages, with > licensing schemes that may not be aligned with the BSD license. > > SQL's great, SQL's wonderful for db use, but the problem is that > supporting it from my POV would cause a lot more grief and waiting than > having me wait a few months to get a BDB compatible scheme out the door. > I'm a little out of practice, however, perhaps the routines that manipulate the ports meta-data could be sufficiently agnostic about how the data is being manipulated that it would facilitate experimentation with different back-ends at a later time. Just a thought and perhaps I'm way off. Duane > If only Oracle didn't make BDB 3.x non-BSD license friendly though.. > that would be nice.. > > -Garrett > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"