2008/6/24 Jordan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Shawn Walker wrote: >> >> The important thing to remember is that *a* package is better than *no >> package*. > > Really? Are you sure? Even when that package is of unknown and > unverifiable quality and trustworthiness?
Yes, I am sure. Look how many years folks have used packages form sunfreeware and blastwave without a build recipe. A build recipe != quality or trustworthiness. >> Sometimes users won't have a good build recipe. Those >> packages shouldn't be excluded from availability simply because there >> is not an easily-reproduceable build recipe. > > Seems like that's a policy decision on which reasonable people might > disagree. It is indeed entirely subjective whether it is reasonable. -- Shawn Walker _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
