On Fri, August 8, 2008 14:56, Erik Wikström wrote: >>> This would mean anonymous access and having the utility as part of >>> base. There may be a better strategy; I'm thinking in terms of the >>> functionality we use now with CVS and cvsup. >> I absolutely do not think that the tool has to be part of base. cvsup >> is not part of base either. An existing pkgsrc binary package on the >> iso shoud suffice. > If you want normal users to be able to pull patches from some "official > private repo" the RCS would have to be in base. Or the repo would be able > to generate the patches so they were downloadable via HTTP/FTP (but then > again it would probably require steps like backing out one patch and then > applying a new).
*Why* does this require the tool to be in base? Having it in pkgsrc and having it pre-installed on isos/installations seems like a good fit as well. cheers simon
