Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:01:40 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Subject: install-prompt for missing features (Was: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?) Message-ID: <4FF4CB54.1060004@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4FF4CA45.7070502@rawbw.com> References: <CA%2BQLa9B-Dm-=hQCrbEgyfO4sKZ5aG72_PEFF9nLhyoy4GRCGrA@mail.gmail.com> <4FF2E00E.2030502@FreeBSD.org> <86bojxow6x.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4FF35864.5030109@FreeBSD.org> <CAC8HS2Hx%2BqV1zYSzyM6wYzbyA6BStd3HEwc-VDhv40DHM=qCvw@mail.gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ5ikPz_yDhEQutiXVG354qRHYJTn-M_S4Cx-=YRgFP7eQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120704185104.GA42355@DataIX.net> <4FF4B36A.2040608@FreeBSD.org> <20120704180134.7c649e1b@bhuda.mired.org> <4FF4BEED.10103@FreeBSD.org> <4FF4CA45.7070502@rawbw.com>
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On 07/04/2012 15:57, Yuri wrote:
> On 07/04/2012 15:08, Doug Barton wrote:
>> First, I agree that being able to turn it off should be possible. But I
>> can't help being curious ... why would you *not* want a feature that
>> tells you what to install if you type a command that doesn't exist on
>> the system?
>
> Given the potentially controversial nature of this feature, it's maybe
> best to almost completely isolate it from the base system and make it
> into a port.
Normally I would agree, but something like this would be *really*
valuable to ease the transition for people coming from a Linux background.
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