Hi,
From: Pierre Beyssac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> There are a _lot_ of pitfalls to this kind of approach, as I have
> discovered using Linux Debian. This would probably open a can of
> worms you have no idea of. IMHO, the single biggest mistake in
> Debian is the all-encompassing package system which can make your
> life miserable in no time.
[...]
I was not talking about things that constitute the "real" core of the
distribution (kernel, basic libraries etc.). I was more thinking about
"userland" stuff that is included in the distribution but might not be
required by everybody. Sendmail for example is something I don't want since
I user qmail. However I have to remove it by hand... Other examples are bind
or perl.
Basically I think anything that has an equivalent and/or an alternate
installation method in/via the "ports" system should be registered with the
rest of the packages.
> And, IMHO, package handling for general-purpose applications and
> package handling for the core system are a very different problem
> and should be handled in very different ways.
Agreed. This is the key. The package/ports system is really great as is. The
split between the distribution and the packages/ports is sometime annoying.
Again I think this mostly concerns "userland" features that are not required
for the core of FreeBSD.
Patrick.
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