Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:07:24 -0800 (PST) From: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/pkg/OS integration 2.0 (was: Re: Removing documentation) In-Reply-To: <56BE0E5E.7020102@ohlste.in> References: <CA%2BE3k91JR8Fpax%2BC3Q_kPXpnHrtikKADVqkUWeC1MQJe=PLnnw@mail.gmail.com> <56BE0E5E.7020102@ohlste.in>
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>> (The Ubuntu /etc/alternatives symlink system and other mechanisms solve >> this well) That hasn't been my experience but then I'm not a big fan of symlinks which can't be safely modified outside of the (d)pkg system. As a general rule you want to avoid such unnecessary layers of abstraction where possible. >> * if the user's port configuration options aren't different from the >> package defaults, ask the user if they want to use the package instead >> (with global and per-port knobs to stop asking if the user desires). Can't really see much use for this. Those of us building from source know when we can install a binary and nobody really wants to be held-up by another prompt. Roger
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