Thank a lot you for clarification! 2009/10/6 Mark Linimon <lini...@lonesome.com>
> On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 12:06:08PM +0400, Alexander Bubnov wrote: > > Why FreeBSD does not use pkgsrc of NetBSD project as default ports? > > You're able to do so if you like -- FreeBSD is a supported pkgsrc > platform IIUC. > > OTOH, there are some things FreeBSD ports are able to do that pkgsrc > can't (e.g. follow port renames/recategorizations by MOVED during > port upgrades). The converse is true, as well. > > There are also the following data which might be of interest. Note: > for FreeBSD and pkgsrc, I'm using the number of things that are buildable > from source; but for OpenBSD, I'm using the number of binary packages > that are available for the i386 platform (but only because I don't have > a quick way to figure out the equivalent ports count, which is higher. > Hopefully, someone will inform me.) > > Therefore, this is a _slightly_ apples vs. oranges comparision, but it > still may be informative. > > FreeBSD 20730* > pkgsrc 8458** > OpenBSD 5379*** > > mcl > > * per FreshPorts.org > ** per pkgsrc.org > *** from an OpenBSD web page; again, this is undercounting > -- /BR, Alexander _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"