I know that i have the freedom to do this. However, my original question might have been a bit to bitchy. The issue here is that, openbsd devs donate their good time making packages. Which is great. However, if they could just / if we modify pkg_create and pkg_add (and the other relevant ones) then the generation of packages would result in a list of sha1 / md5 / other checksum to match the packages then this would provide a feature which almost exists at the present. In packages there is a file which states the md5sums of parts of it. So i don't see this to be a large jump. I'm not sure that money is an issue, as checksums for the items within a package already provided.
OpenBsd does not suck. I suggested that a feature be added to openbsd. If people are happy with ports (which i personally am not for large programs ) then that is a different issue. 2008/12/17 bofh <[email protected]> > It's generally an issue resources. Your "most linux distros" are > mostly commercial. Debian is the only non-commercial, but they still > get more funding than openbsd. > > Openbsd has always been a developer's distro. If you feel that > strongly about things - fund it or build it yourself, or start a > donation run. Others have done donation runs - most recently pcc. > > I also find it funny that people who like to talk about principles of > freedom don't seem to understand that they have the freedom to do it > themselves, and that the freedom is not the freedom to whine for > features. > > Notice how the thread got started - it's not feature X is good and > here's why. It's everyone else has feature X and why don't you, you > suck. > > -Tai > > On 12/16/08, Martin Schrvder <[email protected]> wrote: > > 2008/12/15 Marc Espie <[email protected]>: > >> Heck, we're further along the curve than most others. If you look > closely > >> at > > > > <cough> > > OpenSUSE has signed packages and signed repos for years. So have many > > other Linux distros. > > > > OpenBSD is still debating md5s of packages in 2008. > > > > Best > > Martin > > > > > > > -- > http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk > "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." > -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. > "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or > internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks > factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford > learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1G-3laJJP0&feature=related
