your comments hint to you not being very familiar with packages(7) you can distribute it as an executable that ultimately installs a package
i say this because reusing the infrastructure, and having it take part of the db for easy removal and inspection is a great bonus. it means less work for you On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Crookedmaze <themazed...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 02/12/2013 04:26 AM, James Griffin wrote: >> >> ----- Jack Woehr<jwo...@softwoehr.com> [2013-02-11 15:46:29 -0700] ----- >> : >> >> >>> >>> If you need OpenBSD you have the technical skills to install it or you >>> know (and possibly pay) someone who does. >>> >>> OpenBSD, which is 20-ish years old now, was designed and is designed >>> and apparently always will be designed for those who have the >>> technical skills. >>> >>> If no, there is always Linux. >>> >> >> It is not designed for technically minded people; it is designed with >> security in mind and also a large amount of effort goes into making sure >> the code is well written. Yes many of its users are technically minded, >> but then there are technically minded people using FreeBSD and Linux, so >> i'm afraid your statement is rubbish - with all due respect. >> >> Learning how to use UNIX systems and shells and reading the >> documentation that's provided with the OpenBSD installation and on the >> OpenBSD website is all one needs to be able to grasp - that is not >> OpenBSD specific. >> >> It also provides an excellent development platform and a learning >> platform, >> which is why I use it. A person who might not have the skills to write >> kernel code for example doesn't mean they can't or shouldn't use >> OpenBSD. Provided one is willing to read and understand the information >> provided in man pages and other documentation - and ask the odd question >> here will have no trouble using and enjoying OpenBSD. I enjoy using very >> much and i'm not a skilled kernel programmer, for example. >> >> > > I agree this is actually why I choose to write my script specifically > for OpenBSD because of its excellent documentation and its also extremely > secure by default. Jan I don't think I am going to create a package for > my script because I plan on having people download my script via the > lynx browser then run it and it will not only configure the minecraft > server for them but also help them select a mirror to install packages > from etc. etc. (I am doing this to help out my target audience > which are most likely average users and new to the Command Line > Interface). > > -Crookedmaze
