Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I've been out of town for a couple of weeks.
All of these porting efforts have different package managers, different file organizations, and different philosophies. Users should pick the one that they like the best and stick to that. It is all free software. Regards, proclus http://www.gnu-darwin.org/ On 3 Oct, Ludovic Hirlimann wrote: > Howdy, > as of today three groups of developers are working on the same subject > : bringing free unix applications to Darwin/MacosX. > IMHO there is a waste of resource here for the everyone. Because when > One package gets "ported", some work it still todo to bring that piece > of software from ,one project to another, but that work should be > minimal (ie adapting the package format). In the meantime three > diffrent person might be working on the same "port" : two person's work > is wasted and could be used in porting other applications, working on > other core tasks. > Would it be possible to unite all those efforts ? I would like to have > a *unique* dtabase containing the name of the software being ported and > which group is porting the software. When a application is ported by a > group and works correctly then a mail is sent to the other groups, mail > which might be catched up by a robot and that would change the > packaging format to the one used by the project. > > Do you think this would be doable ? > If so are the different parties interested ? > > Darwin should be like FreeBSD and looks like linux because of those > different projetcs. We should unite now , when it's easier to do then > later when it will be harder to unite those porting efforts. > > [sorry for the cross-post, I suggest using darwinports for the > follow-ups] > Ludo -- Visit proclus realm! http://proclus.tripod.com/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GMU/S d+@ s: a+ C++++ UBULI++++$ P+ L+++(++++) E--- W++ N- !o K- w--- !O M++@ V-- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP-- t+++(+) 5+++ X+ R tv-(--)@ b !DI D- G e++++ h--- r+++ y++++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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