On 08 May 2009 17:19:26 GMT Johannes Hofmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> Simon 'corecode' Schubert <[email protected]> wrote: > > Johannes Hofmann wrote: > >> Matthew Dillon <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> :I'm not sure about kqemu - it's very useful, but since it's a kernel > >>> :module, it has a different status. > >>> : > >>> :However, pkg_dry is a "normal" software application, and I suspect > >>> will :turn into a pkgsrc package quickly. If that's the case, we > >>> could just :install it along with other packages as part of the > >>> installer. Keeping it :in a /usr/src/ dir could cause some minor > >>> headaches in terms of updating :it, so pushing it into pkgsrc solves > >>> that nicely. : > >>> :In fact, would it be worth packaging DragonFly-specific items in > >>> pkgsrc :format even if they weren't in pkgsrc CVS? It'd give us some > >>> ready-to-go :management tools for software maintenance. > >>> > >>> Hmm. Maybe. I'm not so worried about updating... the idea is that > >>> the stuff in /usr/src/stuff is not integrated into the build, it's > >>> just a place to save things. Once that thing gets integrated > >>> elsewhere it can be removed from /usr/src/stuff. > >>> > >>> Having a local package sub-tree is an interesting idea. > >> > >> Sounds good to me. Regarding kqemu Joerg suggested on > >> pkgsrc-wip-discuss not to put BSD* kernel modules into pkgsrc because > >> of the changing kernel APIs. > >> But a directory with DragonFly specific pkgsrc directories within the > >> DragonFly repository could be a solution. > > > > I'd use a separate repository though -- no need to put everything > > under /usr/src, if we could put it under /usr/pkgsrc/dfly > > Right. That would also make it easy to place it into an existing > pkgsrc tree. > What else except the kqemu package could we put there? It might make sense to move the drm kernel modules there. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
