Re: PKGSRC will be officially supported as of the next release

[Jonathan Buschmann <jonthn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

So pkgsrc is the way to go now, but it's as the package management 
system or only as package build system ?

And if it's as the package management system will the pkgview enabled by 
default ?

Regards,
	Jonathan Buschmann

Matthew Dillon a écrit :
>     [cutted part]
>
>      note 1: I truely believe that the PKGSRC project developers are far
>      more open and dedicated to making PKGSRC truely multi-platform and 
>      multi-architecture then the FreeBSD developers are in making ports that.
>      We need that kind of dedication to help us maintain our own contributions,
>      because we simply cannot go it alone.
>
>     In anycase, that's my position on the matter.  With this under our belt
>     we can move on without further uncertainty in the packaging department.
>
>     --
>
>     The only argument left is where to install the packages, but if people
>     think a moment it should be clear that we want to put them somewhere
>     other then /usr/local.  /usr/pkg is not a bad choice.  But the MAIN
>     reason I don't want to use /usr/local is because I want /usr/local
>     available to us for some sort of system-supported symbolic link / VARSYM
>     scheme in addition to the desire to separate automated and manaual
>     installation sets.  We have the ability to create a clearly delineated
>     layering here.  I would far prefer that sysop hacks and related 
>     manipulation occur in /usr/local and that /usr/pkg only ever be touched
>     by the packaging system itself.  I think when one views the issue in 
>     those terms that it is clear we want the packaging system to install
>     into something like /usr/pkg.
>
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>