FreeBSD Security Survey

[Craig Edwards]

> Come to that, gentoo's emerge system is pretty good, having learnt a lot 
> from FreeBSD's ports system, and then gone a few steps further.
> 
> Andrew
> 

I agree, however, i do not like the gentoo dependency upon python for 
its package management system. It has not broken on me yet, however i 
can imagine if it does it would be a nightmare to fix, as python is not 
a trivial program. If FreeBSD ever were to attempt an emerge-like 
system, it would be convenient imho (although probably less 
maintainable?) to have it done in something smaller and easier to manage 
(and easier repair when broken?) such as perl or shellscript.

Craig

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