On 6/18/06, Han Boetes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Joachim Schipper wrote:
> > Now I hear you say: "What's wrong with the normal ports?"
> > Well... wrong is a big word. It's just a matter of personal
> > preference I think. But let me give you a list of reasons why I
> > prefer cruxports.
> [ snip: my reasons, with your opinion about them ]
> All in all, why? The pkg_* tools work fine, and have several
> advantages over what you have now. There might be some value in
> extending them with a mergemaster-like application (though quite
> possibly not), but otherwise I don't see the point.
Why do you ask me me to tell you why I would like my portssystem?
I just gave the reasons why _I_ like it better. If you agree with
me fine, if you don't also fine, but don't ask me to tell you why
I would like it when I just told you why I like it. I don't care
why you don't like it, that's your personal choice. Don't ask me
again to defend mine when I just told you.
You are angry, understandably. You've put a lot of work into your
system and now you're being told it's useless.
On the other hand, realize that no one asked you in the first place,
you provided your list voluntarily (without even being prompted by a
single 'so?'). No one "asked you to defend" your opinion. Anyway, you
should care why Joachim doesn't like it because he is a developer so
probably has good insights about OpenBSD-related things. If he says
what you're making is missing things that pkg_* already has then he is
probably correct.
Joachim was very civil in his message, and gave each of your points a
fair evaluation. What if he had taken your completely new ports system
as an insult to all the work that has been done on pkg_*? You should
realize this.
-Nick
