Re: Google Summer of Code: syspkg
"Volker A. Brandt" <[email protected]>
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Hello Mike, hello *, > Seems during this summer it is a time to resurrect syspkg. I'm glad to > see the NetBSD releases in syspkg form. Indeed it would be very good if finally something happened in this area. > Does anybody working on it? I don't think so, although I would be glad to be proven wrong. :-) > Is > it worth for Google's program? Not really. The unfortunate misdesign of pkgsrc with respect to system packages has shown that a good design needs careful deliberation and a reasonable amount of discussion, especially when considering integration with pkgsrc. We don't want two pkg_add commands, etc. What's more, we want hands-off automatic installation of NetBSD systems using a predefined set of system packages. While this is a second step, it should also be considered in the design. Regards -- Volker -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Sun Solaris Brandt & Brandt Computer GmbH WWW: http://www.bb-c.de/~vab/ Meckenheim, Germany Email: [email protected]