From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Sep 25 21:18:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CEC014C4E for ; Sat, 25 Sep 1999 21:18:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org ([216.62.157.60]) by mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.05.19.16.06.p6) with ESMTP id <0FIN00BYVFU6NF@mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net> for hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 25 Sep 1999 23:15:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA80039; Sat, 25 Sep 1999 23:15:36 -0500 (CDT envelope-from chris) X-URL: http://www.FreeBSD.org/~chris/ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 23:15:32 -0500 From: Chris Costello Subject: Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get In-reply-to: <199909242345.RAA00200@mt.sri.com> To: Nate Williams Cc: Wes Peters , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Jaakko Salomaa , "Daniel C. Sobral" , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chris@calldei.com Message-id: <19990925231532.F76486@holly.calldei.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT (i386) References: <6575.938200554@localhost> <37EC05EC.757D92E4@softweyr.com> <199909242345.RAA00200@mt.sri.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Sep 24, 1999, Nate Williams wrote: > Unfortunately, as with all 'slick' products we've talked about, it still > requires a working X setup in order to run. You could do one as a CUI, > but doing it in Java would be just as hard as anything else at this > point. :( There's nothing keeping it from being a port or being an optional part of a distribution that can be installed if X is installed (emphasis on ``optional''). We've got what we need behind-the-scenes, now we need to put a good show on stage. Let's show Linux what package management is all about. :) [If these words aren't motivational, I give up.] -- |Chris Costello |Eunuchs, the non-gender-specific OS `------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message