Re: what does you think of fink?

[Geiregat Jonas <eniac@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Emiel Kollof wrote:
> * Geiregat Jonas (eniac@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>
>
> > > DF could probably even create a more memorable name than 'pkgsrc'.
> >
> > Why not use pkgsrc from pkgsrc.org , why would we want to start our own 
> > packaging system derived from pkgsrc ?
>
>
> Because dragonfly has a whole different set of goals than pkgsrc has wrt
> to packaging and installing 3rd party software. You come here to praise
> pkgsrc, while many of use have used it (you're not telling us something
> we don't know yet), and it is indeed yet another ports system.
>
> Which doesn't mean we can't cherry-pick ideas from it. The support for
> multiple versions is worthy of examination. Also OpenBSD's port system
> has features that might be explored, like the flavour system and building
> in a fake root so the whole thing gets packaged prior to installing.
>
> The bottom line: the whole ports system is a hack that snowballed in 
> all kinds of directions, and DragonFly wants to get rid of it. It's why 
> Matt and others are willing to invest so much time in changing the whole 
> VFS enchilada.
>
> Read the goals of the packaging system on the dragonflybsd website
> again, and then think objectively about if pkgsrc would fit. It doesn't.
>
> We're not reinventing the wheel. We're just making better ones that fit
> our carriage better. Why should we run on wooden wheels when we can make
> better chrome-plated wheels with good tires made of lightweight material
> that will last a hundred times longer?
>
> Cheers,
> Emiel

OK, I was just giving idea's and trying to help.
Maybe there should be a list handeling the DF packaging system , since 
now people post things in the kernel group which isn't made for this ...