Porters, and especially users of DJB software like qmail and djbdns,
please have a look at this:
http://cr.yp.to/slashpackage/management.html
or the whole picture:
http://cr.yp.to/slashpackage.html
Yes, it's a proposal for a package management system. The new version of
daemontools (0.76) is already converted to use this.
I am not sure what to do with the daemontools port. Try to (1) support
slashpackage or (2) work around it and stick to /usr/local ?
Essentially, slashpackage replaces the whole BSD ports and packages
mechanism. Trying to support one package management system through
another one makes option 1 cumbersome.
The second option is not very appealing either. Trying to make
daemontools adhere to /usr/local requires (ugly) work-arounds. Also,
users of the port can no longer get support on the DJB mailinglists,
because their version will not conform to 'the standard'.
Should we stop supporting DJB software through the ports system?
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Cam
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