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The originator of the Free BSD ports system, Jordan K. Hubbard now Engineering |
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Manager, BSD technology group Apple Computer, posted a lengthy note to the |
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darwin-dev list about a package system for Apple/BSD: |
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http://www.macgimp.org/article.php?sid=95 |
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His note was more a prophetic admonition, but he did propose five characteristics |
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of what the package system should do/be: |
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1. XML-based descriptive file |
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2. make files no longer mandatory |
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3. treat it like a database |
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4. abstract packaging rules to integrate various formats |
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5. have an architecture prepared for GUI front-ends |
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I thought the gentoo developers would like to read this and perhaps comment |
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about how gentoo portage is evolving as the package system of the future. |
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