Re: bzip2 in src tree (Was Re: ports/16252: bsd.port.mk: Addbzi
At 2:01 PM -0500 2000/1/24, John Baldwin wrote: The new install system is probably going to use zip rather than bzip2. I'm curious as to how a choice like this gets made. Could you elaborate? -- These are my opinions and should not be taken as official Skynet policy _ |o| Brad Knowles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgacom Skynet NV/SA |o| |o| Systems Architect, Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin Rue Col. Bourg, 124 |o| |o| Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.13.11/726.93.11 B-1140 Brussels |o| |o| http://www.skynet.be Belgium |o| \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Unix is like a wigwam -- no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside. Unix is very user-friendly. It's just picky who its friends are. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: bzip2 in src tree (Was Re: ports/16252: bsd.port.mk: Addbzi
On Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:42:45 +0100, Brad Knowles [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm curious as to how a choice like this gets made. Could you elaborate? Other people have answered with the why but not the how. Choices (like this one about archive formats) get made when people sit down and actually do the work to improve FreeBSD. People with commit bits are generally (but not completely) trusted to have an understanding of software-system aesthetics and of the sorts of choices developers might reasonably make on their own. The more effort one is personally willing to put into the project, the greater latitute one has in design. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same [EMAIL PROTECTED] | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
