Jaye Mathisen wrote:
>
> This utility is too valuable for all the update not to at least have a
> mention of it.
Thank you. :) The occasional compliment makes the hard work worthwhile.
> At the very least, references should be made to it in /usr/src/Makefile as
> part of the conversion process, and inthe /usr/src/UPDATING file.
I wouldn't object to it being publicized more than it is.. I don't have
a /usr/src/UPDATING file though, is that something new in 3.x?
> I would be willing to get permission from the author if people think it's
> a good idea.
*Wave* I don't think putting it in the base is really feasible, since
the chances of me getting commit privileges to do that are very small.
:) Besides, I would much rather see the installation routine modified to
include various things from the ports/packages tree rather than
continuing to add (arguably) non-critical things to the base. There are
a lot of people who install FreeBSD who don't upgrade very often, and to
them something like mergemaster would be bloat.
What I'd like to see is a section of sysinstall that asks what the user
is going to do with freebsd, and suggests some packages to install.
E.g., "Are you planning to upgrade your system on a regular basis?" Ok,
here's some things you should install, like cvsup, mergemaster, etc.
Doug
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