On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 08:18:48AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > 1) Graciously and rapidly accept steps forward and then contribute to > them. Anything else leaves you stagnant and worse for wear. > 2) Simple over complex. > 3) If something someone else did is working for someone, then copy it > and move on, don't waste a huge amount of your customer's time trying to > make something better until you are sure that just copying it will not > suffice.
What is simple -- split base to 10 packages or split base to 800 packages? I think first. What need for succesufult moved forward after this? I think ability of spliting and mergering packages at upgrade. (clang-base => clang-base-c + clang-base-c++, for example. or clang-base-c + clang-base-c++ => clang-base). What need for security updates? I think ability to have file with common name and different content with multiple installed packages: base-11.0 contains /usr/sbin/ntpd base-11.0-CVE-1234 direct depends to base-11.0 and contains overlaped /usr/sbin/ntpd As result: few packages, compact security updates, ability to repackage base. Optionaly, ability to have packages with "dummy" content, for example no-base-ntp-11.0 have record (w/o actual content) about /usr/sbin/ntpd with size -791552 (negative size) and checksum of actual file, for removing some components. For this feature give ability to have "skins" packages, installed over main package. _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
