| -----Original Message----- | From: owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] On | Behalf Of openda...@hushmail.com | Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 6:01 AM | Subject: Why are there no PKG_PATH defaults? ... | Expanding on the whole | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_over_configuration thing -- why | aren't there any sane PKG_PATH defaults? Ie.: | | release=$(uname -r) | architecture=$(uname -p) | | export | PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/${release}/packages/${arc | hitecture}/ |
Because your "sane default" includes ftp.openbsd.org, which is not sane at all. If PKG_PATH or /etc/pkg.conf were set to default to ftp.openbsd.org then that host would get hammered instead of the user being put in the position of choosing a local mirror. -Breeno PS - In anticipation of the typical follow-up argument, whether or not there is a large existing base of lazy people who fail to choose a local mirror is not a valid argument for defaulting all users to ftp.openbsd.org. Such reasoning would merely exacerbate the trouble with the hypothetical status quo.
