Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 23:15:32 -0500 From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: 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: <19990925231532.F76486@holly.calldei.com> In-Reply-To: <199909242345.RAA00200@mt.sri.com> References: <6575.938200554@localhost> <37EC05EC.757D92E4@softweyr.com> <199909242345.RAA00200@mt.sri.com>
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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. :) [If these words aren't motivational, I give up.] -- |Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> |Eunuchs, the non-gender-specific OS `------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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