From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Jul 14 14:46:37 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E85937B400 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 14:46:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.noos.fr (descartes.noos.net [212.198.2.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6249B43E58 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 14:46:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@gits.dyndns.org) Received: (qmail 51322372 invoked by uid 0); 14 Jul 2002 21:46:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gits.gits.dyndns.org) ([212.198.229.153]) (envelope-sender ) by 212.198.2.74 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 14 Jul 2002 21:46:32 -0000 Received: from gits.gits.dyndns.org (n3m54hd69a3tcaew@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gits.gits.dyndns.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6ELkVie001587; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 23:46:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from root@gits.dyndns.org) Received: (from root@localhost) by gits.gits.dyndns.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g6ELkVhe001586; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 23:46:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from root) Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 23:46:30 +0200 From: Cyrille Lefevre To: "Louis A. Mamakos" Cc: Thomas Seck , freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <20020714214630.GA1455@gits.dyndns.org> Mail-Followup-To: Cyrille Lefevre , "Louis A. Mamakos" , Thomas Seck , freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020712121427.GD3678@lummux.tchpc.tcd.ie> <20020712144854.GA756@laurel.tmseck.homedns.org> <20020713054141.A26277@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <20020713011750.GA755@laurel.tmseck.homedns.org> <20020714042237.GD931@lizzy.catnook.com> <20020714042623.GB95460@squall.waterspout.com> <20020714095939.GA588@laurel.tmseck.homedns.org> <200207141333.g6EDXj0L031673@whizzo.transsys.com> <20020714155728.GA4237@laurel.tmseck.homedns.org> <200207141624.g6EGOa0L033175@whizzo.transsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200207141624.g6EGOa0L033175@whizzo.transsys.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.99i Organization: ACME X-Face: V|+c;4!|B?E%BE^{E6);aI.[< List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 12:24:36PM -0400, Louis A. Mamakos wrote: [snip] > Why do you care what the implementation language of the tool is if it > solves the problem? Shouldn't we be pleased there even exists a tool the answer is simple, `portupgrade' is written in `ruby' and `ruby' isn't part of the base system, so, `portupgrade' can't be part in the base system 'til it is rewritten in another language available in the base system. PS : I don't use `portupgrade' but home made tools written in `ksh'. Cyrille. -- Cyrille Lefevre mailto:cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message