Come to think about it, it might to be good to do tiny standalone program called pkg_ping and then I could make it in C like I'd prefer. I'd hope to make a port maybe, but then it would functionally defeat the intent.
On 12/26/15, Luke Small <lukensm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just figure that adding a little complexity that doesn't adversely > affect security, to ease initial entry into the system for new users > could be good. pkg_add initialization and mirror selection can be > automated in a way to not discourage someone from picking up a fresh > install and running with it. Maybe I could even add an automatic > pinging heuristic to select the lowest latency mirror. > > On 12/26/15, Christoph R. Murauer <n...@nawi.is> wrote: >> Quote from dan mclaughlin : >> >> [ ... ] >>> (i am really starting to feel for the devs. this gets wearying.) >> [ ... ] >>> whenever i want something to work the way i want, i just script around >>> it. >>> the beauty of unix. >> >> Explains it very good. I personally think, OpenBSD is simple not for >> Luke. What Luke does, is simple unfair towards the developers and also >> towards new users which are willing to learn and maybe use OpenBSD >> only as users. >> >> For Luke, read the following : >> >> http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html >> >> Do your homework before you post >> [ ... ] the FAQ and the relevant man pages (start with afterboot(8)), >> and check the mailing list archives. We want to help, but we wouldn't >> want to deprive you of a valuable learning experience, and no one >> wants to see the same question on the lists for the fifth time in a >> month. >> >> Respect differences in opinion and philosophy >> Intelligent people may look at the same set of facts and come to very >> different conclusions. Repeating the same points that didn't convince >> someone previously rarely changes their mind and irritates all the >> other readers. >> >> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/index.html >> >> 8.14 - What web browsers are available for OpenBSD? - for lynx and the >> relevant discussions about it at misc@. >> >> 14.6 - Soft Updates - for softdep >> >> 8.21 - Does OpenBSD support any journaling filesystems? - for softdep >> yes or no. >> >> 1.11 - Why is/isn't ProductX included? >> Why isn't there a graphical or curses(3) based installer? >> For a number of reasons, including the goal of keeping the >> installation boot media able to be a single floppy disk, the fact that >> one installer can be used on all platforms in all configurations, and >> the fact that after the second or third OpenBSD install, most users >> find the OpenBSD installation system among the fastest and easiest >> installers of any OS. Most developers and users greatly prefer the >> speed, power, and ease of use of the current installer to any of the >> more "colorful" or "pretty" installers on some other platforms. >> >> In most cases, these topics have been discussed in painful detail on >> the mail lists, please see archives if you need more information. - >> for your (Javascript) installer idea. >> >> 14.2 - Using fdisk(8) >> 14.3 - Using OpenBSD's disklabel(8) >> 14.21 - How do I use softraid(4)? + man page - for full disc encryption. >> >> And yes, it is expected, that you can handle this tools befor >> installing the system ! >> >> 15.2.2 - Making things easy: PKG_PATH - to define more then one mirrors. >> >> You should stop to reninvent the wheel or, to create problems where >> are none. >> You should start to RTFM (Reed The Fucking Manuals) or, buy a OpenBSD >> relevant book - as others also did. >> You also should do the following *shutup and hack* instead of always >> complaining. >> >> Let's say your idea for pkg_add is cool, let's say you make a clean >> install or a update using bsd.rd and, let's also say, that you have no >> supported network device - without the firmware from >> firmware.openbsd.org ... what's next ? >> >> >> > > > -- > -Luke > -- -Luke
