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Date:      Sat, 16 Mar 2002 13:22:22 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net>
To:        rob <rob@pythonemproject.com>
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Linux with a ports collection
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.43.0203161312370.4170-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>
In-Reply-To: <3C939AF5.4FB5DA19@pythonemproject.com>

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On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, rob wrote:

> nice features, but having a ports collection would be so cool, and so

Gentoo Linux has a ports-like system (called "portage"). It is based on
python.

NetBSD's pkgsrc is used under Red Hat Linux.

It seems like I have heard of others.

> much easier for novice users.

As long as the package source collection is well tested (i.e. dependencies
work).

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/


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