Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 23:37:38 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Microsoft brainrot (was: r-cmds and DNS and /etc/host.conf) Message-ID: <199710011407.XAA00429@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 01 Oct 1997 13:47:03 %2B0200." <199710011147.NAA20107@bitbox.follo.net>
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> [long list of requirements for packages deleted] > > Doesn't RPM already deal with much of this? An entire book (over 500 > pages) is available on the design of RPM - and they've been kind > enough to also put it online at http://www.rpm.org (there is a link > from the front page). It would be a pity to just ignore all the work > that has already been done; at least we should be able to snarf the > good parts of their design, if it isn't good enough to use directly. Learning from the RPM design is a good idea, but it doesn't go far enough. I've mentioned the SGI 'inst' facility before, and I'll do so again. Ignore the interface, instead focus on the basic structure of the system; the hierarchical organisation of components within packages, packages upon media, etc. mike
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