Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
You may want to look at some other Linux distros. The packages system
dates to about the same era as rpm/debs. The package system is much,
much more manageable than them. On the other hand, most Linux distros
have moved beyond those tools, to things like yum, apt-get and
up2date. Those incorporate the facilities that rpm and debs are
missing in a higher-level tool, and I think they are slightly more
manageable than freebsd packages.
As far as I know, none of them handle updates from source at all. In
fact, dealing with sources seems to be a noticable weakness for them.
apt-get --build source <package-name>
DES
I'm just going to interject here, I apologize if this is out of place.
I've been following the threads on SQLite in the base for ports and the
DPS initial ideas threads.
Kris has stated it would be wise to actually list out the problems with
the current ports / packaging systems and I fully agree. As right now
its a bunch of back and forth bickering with no real solution in sight
because those proposing solutions don't have a full understanding what
it takes to change the systems, and those who do are really reluctant to
adopt such changes due to their limited focus and maybe even the
developers experience.
I propose someone post on the wiki (http://wiki.freebsd.org/) the
current issues with the ports and packaging systems so that everyone can
get a better understanding of the problems that need to be solved. This
could possibly help the SoC student improve the system by giving him a
clearer picture of what's wrong. This could also help lead a more
unified initiative to improve the systems and prevent adding new issues
to the system.
Prototyping a solution when the problems are known is much easier than
stabbing at the problem in the dark.
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