On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 10:25:25PM -0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2026-05-23, Petre Rodan <[email protected]> wrote: > > just wondering, with all due respect, were there any plans in the past to > > borrow the pkg application from FreeBSD? > > no.
[...] > > also not depending on an interpreted language would be a bonus if you ask > > me. > > and others might prefer an interpreted language (that's in base and > available on all openbsd platforms) to something like C for this type of > application. May I add that, from a simple user point of view, OpenBSD's pkg_* family is *much* simpler to use than FreeBSD's pkg? Marc Espie and the other OpenBSD developers work hard to hide complexity behind a simple user interface: I'm grateful for that. -- f <talking about horrible policy statements> "It is an offense to the eye and a burden upon the spirit. That means it's a perfect job for Perl." -- Michael W. Lucas, Sudo Mastery 2nd Edition, Tilted Windmill Press 2019
