On 8/23/2012 7:23 PM, Eitan Adler wrote:
> On 23 August 2012 22:15, Steve Wills <swi...@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> On Aug 23, 2012, at 10:08 PM, Eitan Adler wrote:
>>
>>> On 23 August 2012 22:05, Steve Wills <swi...@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why can't one of those steps be to run "pkg-bootstrap"?
>>>
>>> Because the how-to may not be for a new system ;)
>>
>> The possibility of bad docs somewhere outside of our control, when we can
>> (and I am actively working on) document(ing) pkgng for the handbook seems
>> kinda thin. It's not even "Something's wrong on the Internet!"
>> (http://xkcd.com/386/), it's "Something might some day be wrong on the
>> Internet!"
>
> It isn't a problem of bad docs. Its a problem of the user following
> some not-for-new-systems documentation and getting very confused when
> they see "command not found.". It is practically the definition of
> POLA.
No, POLA refers to not changing long-established practices out from
under the user.
I tend to agree with Steve here ... we can't be responsible for other
people's poorly written docs. You bring up a valid point that we should
keep in mind for our own however. The bootstrapping issue will be the
smallest possible annoyance on a long road of the migration process.
OTOH this is a good use case for the "prompt the user when they type a
command for something that can be installed from ports" idea. :)
Doug
--
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do
something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what
I can do.
-- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909)
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