On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 02:52:59PM +0300, Liviu Daia wrote:
> On 22 May 2006, Jacob Meuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 12:27:18PM +0300, Liviu Daia wrote:
> > > On 20 May 2006, Jacob Meuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 10:09:15AM +0300, Liviu Daia wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I have a simpler question: is there any plan to make
> > > > > installing xbase a requirement in the foreseeable future?
> > > >
> > > > no. nothing in {base,comp,man,misc,game,etc}XX.tgz depends on
> > > > anything from xbaseXX.tgz, and that is extremely unlikely to ever
> > > > change.
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > Ok, let me rephrase this. How realistic will be to run an
> > > OpenBSD firewall or router without xbase a few years from now?
> >
> > it will be just as it is now: you do't need xbase as long as you
> > aren't also installing packages that depend on something from xbase.
>
> This is not how things used to be for many years,
beg pardon? please show me when and where.
> and it does make a
> difference if no_x11 flavors are being slowly phased out.
puff:~/tmp/pi% cvs -d phreke:/home/cvs/OpenBSD co -r OPENBSD_3_9 ports/INDEX
U ports/INDEX
puff:~/tmp/pi% mv ports 3.9
puff:~/tmp/pi% cvs -d phreke:/home/cvs/OpenBSD co -r OPENBSD_3_8 ports/INDEX
U ports/INDEX
puff:~/tmp/pi% mv ports 3.8
puff:~/tmp/pi% cvs -d phreke:/home/cvs/OpenBSD co -r OPENBSD_3_7 ports/INDEX
U ports/INDEX
puff:~/tmp/pi% mv ports 3.7
puff:~/tmp/pi% cvs -d phreke:/home/cvs/OpenBSD co -r OPENBSD_3_6 ports/INDEX
U ports/INDEX
puff:~/tmp/pi% mv ports 3.6
puff:~/tmp/pi% ls
3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9
puff:~/tmp/pi% for i in * ; do grep no_x11 $i/INDEX | wc -l ; done
81
105
110
110
puff:~/tmp/pi% for i in * ; do echo $i && grep no_x11 $i/INDEX | wc -l ; done
3.6
81
3.7
105
3.8
110
3.9
110
puff:~/tmp/pi%
doesn't appear to be any phasing-out trend to me.
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