Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 09:22:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> To: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Jaakko Salomaa <jsalomaa@saunalahti.fi>, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990929092051.18595A-100000@beelzebubba.sysabend.org> In-Reply-To: <19990925231532.F76486@holly.calldei.com>
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On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Chris Costello wrote: :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. :) I know I'm not the only Irix admin on this list. If you really want to see a tight clean package management system, with CLI and GUI interfaces, look at inst/swmgr in Irix. Jamie Bowden -- If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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