Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 22:59:12 +0100 From: James Wright <james.wright@jigsawdezign.com> To: Niclas Zeising <zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se> Cc: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ars Technica article on FreeBSD new user experience Message-ID: <494F4B96-189F-49F5-99EF-C649FCB13ACE@jigsawdezign.com> In-Reply-To: <8a9e684c-4b6d-884d-4db6-fc7b436117e0@daemonic.se> References: <CAPyFy2AVfEzey0%2B9-b8ZS1uyn8ODOoNhCHY7fHp2uc9ASiw%2BnA@mail.gmail.com> <CACNAnaF000ywitUn-HfqpFKZVXBtU78m=OXQXego9_0SxrT-jQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyFy2B=tmEG%2BYvVbgdwjNXWu6PWf7ntd1rSE6uY2Obr6i3MkQ@mail.gmail.com> <8a9e684c-4b6d-884d-4db6-fc7b436117e0@daemonic.se>
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> To be honest, what's the difference from how yum or apt does it? > At least yum search returns everything that matches, including matches = in package descriptions and so on. I haven't used apt systems in a = while, but I recall they being similar. This sounds to me just like = someone who wants to find something to complain about. Out of the package managers I have to use frequently (apt, yum, and = pkg), I find `pkg search` usually returns what I'm looking for with the = least amount of noise. However, as previously suggested, moving the package version into a 2nd = column could help, to make it clearer that you don't need to `pkg = install` the package+version string in it's entirety.
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