Re: sysinstall v2

[Robert Garrett <rg70@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Garrett wrote:

> Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai wrote:
> 
>> -On [20030904 00:42], Simon 'corecode' Schubert (corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
>> wrote:
>>>how about rsync?
>>>it's such a usefull tool, i wished several it was part of the base...
>> 
>> Everything you bring in from something like ports to base will require
>> maintenance.  Just like the hell named, cvs, perl, sendmail, and so on
>> already kindly provides for us.
>> 
>> It shouldn't be needed.  Anyone who's building a release already has a
>> whacked sense of contributing ( :P ) so adding prerequisites from ports
>> doesn't matter.  For all I care you make another directory in the CVS
>> root for the whole release shebang, it's specialized material anyway,
>> why clutter the base with it?
>> 
>> This would keep release engineering and the real OS/kernel truly
>> seperated at no cost and much benefit.
>> 
> Thanks asmo... really appreciate your help here bro :)
> 
> btw can you be conned into writing the documentation for the new
> installer... :P
> 
> Rob
cool, though that was a jibe pointed at asmodai :)

for the Anyone who's building a release already has a
 whacked sense of contributing ( :P ) comment

Rob