Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 20:29:43 -0700 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com> To: kientzle@acm.org Cc: libh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BOF at BSDCon: FreeBSD Installer, Packages System Message-ID: <52554.972617383@winston.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> of "Thu, 26 Oct 2000 10:46:05 PDT." <39F86DDD.98678B9D@acm.org>
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> On the other hand, saying that "you can do anything with a package > you can do with a port" is simple naivete. People have tried > it, it doesn't really work, let's move on. Erm, but that's the entire point - it's SUPPOSED to work and if it doesn't, that port can be considered broken because it doesn't build a correct package. Let's not just casually dismiss something which is actually a hard-and-fast part of the functional spec before "moving on" here either. :-) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-libh" in the body of the message
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