Casper.Dik at sun.com wrote: > I'm not impressed by IPS either; for where I sit, installing a single > package, when it works, takes a LOT of time. It's not a whole more > functional than pkgget (or whatever they had on Blastwave)
Problems like these are bugs that should be fixed; not legitimate reasons to resist change. The pkg(5) team has just recently put back improvements that cuts down install time to a few seconds on many systems for the single package case you just mention. The system is also still under heavy development, so warts such as these are expected. I would encourage to you to continue to look at new releases of the pkg(5) system and provide constructive feedback where you feel there are shortcomings. Finally, I disagree that pkg(5) is not "a whole more functional than pkgget". You haven't dug very deeply if you believe that. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
