New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps))

[Duane Whitty]

On Thursday, 10 May 2007 at 20:20:42 -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> David Naylor wrote:
> >Dear Jordan
> >
> >Recently I stumbled across a document you wrote in 2001, entitled "FreeBSD 
> >installation and package tools, past, present and future".  I find FreeBSD 
> >appealing and I would like to contribute it its success, and as your 
> >article describes, the installation and packaging system is lacking.  
> >Since the installation system is being tackled under a SoC project I am 
> >hoping to give the packaging system a go.  
> >
> >I was hoping you could help me with an update about the situation with 
> >pkg.  I have searched the FreeBSD mailing lists and have found little 
> >information on the package system.  Once I have a (much more) complete 
> >understanding of the packaging system (and providing there is work to be 
> >done) I would like to write up a proposal to solve the problems, and 
> >perhaps provide some innovating new capabilities.  
> >
> >After that I will gladly contribute what I can to this (possible) project 
> >and hopefully further and improve FreeBSD.  Any assistance or information 
> >you can give I will be greatly appreciate.  
> >
> >I look forward to your reply.  
> >
> >David
> 
> Yipes. The name of the game is to get something working in the base 
> system, instead of dragging in multiple 3rd party packages, with 
> licensing schemes that may not be aligned with the BSD license.
> 
> SQL's great, SQL's wonderful for db use, but the problem is that 
> supporting it from my POV would cause a lot more grief and waiting than 
> having me wait a few months to get a BDB compatible scheme out the door.
> 

I'm a little out of practice, however, perhaps the routines that manipulate
the ports meta-data could be sufficiently agnostic about how the data is
being manipulated that it would facilitate experimentation with different
back-ends at a later time.  Just a thought and perhaps I'm way off.

Duane

> If only Oracle didn't make BDB 3.x non-BSD license friendly though.. 
> that would be nice..
> 
> -Garrett
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