On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 09:51:47AM -0700, Philip Brown wrote: > Yup. wearing my "plain user" hat rather than my "developer" hat, I much > prefer typing > > pkg install foo-devel > > rather than > > pkg install foo devel=true
And I think I'd rather specify in the image configuration that I wanted developer packages, and never have to worry about it again. That said, there's absolutely nothing stopping anyone naming their packages however they want and sticking whatever content they want in them. > It's an existing de facto standard of behaviour, and users are > comfortable with it already. Dare I say, "expect it". Just because someone's used to something doesn't mean that it's the right thing, or that they wouldn't appreciate something better. Again, personally, I've always appreciated the granularity of the "sub-packages", but thought they were awkward and easy to forget. I'd love not to have to have them at all. Danek
