HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Craig Rodrigues
Hi, I attend a lot of different Meetup groups in the San Francisco Bay Area / Silicon Valley. What I am seeing is the following usage pattern for new developers, especially for web apps and cloud applications. (1) On their desktop/laptop, they will generally be using a Mac running OS X.

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Adrian Chadd
Hi! 3) The binary packages need to work out of the box 4) .. which means, when you do things like pkg install apache, it can't just be installed and not be enabled, because that's a bit of a problem; 5) .. and then we need examples of actually deploying useful scenarios, like "so here's what you t

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Andreas Nilsson
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi! > > 3) The binary packages need to work out of the box > 4) .. which means, when you do things like pkg install apache, it > can't just be installed and not be enabled, because that's a bit of a > problem; > I disagree on this. For networ

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Adrian Chadd
On 17 July 2014 12:57, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> 3) The binary packages need to work out of the box >> 4) .. which means, when you do things like pkg install apache, it >> can't just be installed and not be enabled, because

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Alberto Mijares
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi! > > 3) The binary packages need to work out of the box > 4) .. which means, when you do things like pkg install apache, it > can't just be installed and not be enabled, because that's a bit of a > problem; No. Please NEVER do that! The u

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Adrian Chadd
On 17 July 2014 13:03, Alberto Mijares wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> Hi! >> >> 3) The binary packages need to work out of the box >> 4) .. which means, when you do things like pkg install apache, it >> can't just be installed and not be enabled, because that's a

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Navdeep Parhar
On 07/17/14 13:12, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 17 July 2014 13:03, Alberto Mijares wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >>> Hi! >>> >>> 3) The binary packages need to work out of the box >>> 4) .. which means, when you do things like pkg install apache, it >>> can't just be

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Alberto Mijares
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 17 July 2014 13:03, Alberto Mijares wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >>> Hi! >>> >>> 3) The binary packages need to work out of the box >>> 4) .. which means, when you do things like pkg install apache, it >>

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Andreas Nilsson
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Navdeep Parhar wrote: > On 07/17/14 13:12, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > On 17 July 2014 13:03, Alberto Mijares wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Adrian Chadd > wrote: > >>> Hi! > >>> > >>> 3) The binary packages need to work out of the box > >>> 4) .. whi

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Adrian Chadd
On 17 July 2014 13:15, Navdeep Parhar wrote: > On 07/17/14 13:12, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> On 17 July 2014 13:03, Alberto Mijares wrote: >>> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: Hi! 3) The binary packages need to work out of the box 4) .. which means, when you d

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Andreas Nilsson
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 17 July 2014 13:15, Navdeep Parhar wrote: > > On 07/17/14 13:12, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> On 17 July 2014 13:03, Alberto Mijares wrote: > >>> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Adrian Chadd > wrote: > Hi! > > 3) The binary

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Baptiste Daroussin
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:21:17PM +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Navdeep Parhar wrote: > > > On 07/17/14 13:12, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > > On 17 July 2014 13:03, Alberto Mijares wrote: > > >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Adrian Chadd > > wrote: > > >>> Hi!

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Wout Decré
On Thu, 2014-07-17 at 13:21 -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 17 July 2014 13:15, Navdeep Parhar wrote: > > On 07/17/14 13:12, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> On 17 July 2014 13:03, Alberto Mijares wrote: > >>> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi! > > 3) The binary pa

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Baptiste Daroussin
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 01:21:32PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 17 July 2014 13:15, Navdeep Parhar wrote: > > On 07/17/14 13:12, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> On 17 July 2014 13:03, Alberto Mijares wrote: > >>> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi! > > 3) The bi

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Adrian Chadd
On 17 July 2014 13:54, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:21:17PM +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Navdeep Parhar wrote: >> >> > On 07/17/14 13:12, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> > > On 17 July 2014 13:03, Alberto Mijares wrote: >> > >> On Thu, Jul 1

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Baptiste Daroussin
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 01:57:52PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 17 July 2014 13:54, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:21:17PM +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Navdeep Parhar wrote: > >> > >> > On 07/17/14 13:12, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-17 Thread Baptiste Daroussin
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 09:57:44PM +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > 3) The binary packages need to work out of the box > > 4) .. which means, when you do things like pkg install apache, it > > can't just be installed and not be

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-18 Thread Lars Engels
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 01:00:03PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 17 July 2014 12:57, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> > >> Hi! > >> > >> 3) The binary packages need to work out of the box > >> 4) .. which means, when you do things

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-18 Thread Lars Engels
On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 02:10:25PM +0200, Lars Engels wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 01:00:03PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > On 17 July 2014 12:57, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > >> > > >> Hi! > > >> > > >> 3) The binary

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-18 Thread Dreamcat4
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 7:25 PM, Craig Rodrigues wrote: > Hi, > > I attend a lot of different Meetup groups in the San Francisco Bay Area / > Silicon Valley. > > What I am seeing is the following usage pattern for new developers, > especially for web apps and cloud applications. > > (1) On thei

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-18 Thread Dreamcat4
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:21:17PM +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Navdeep Parhar > wrote: > > > > > On 07/17/14 13:12, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > > > On 17 July 2014 13:03, Alberto Mijares wrote: > >

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-18 Thread Lars Engels
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:21:17PM +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Navdeep Parhar wrote: > > > On 07/17/14 13:12, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > > On 17 July 2014 13:03, Alberto Mijares wrote: > > >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Adrian Chadd > > wrote: > > >>> Hi!

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-18 Thread Brooks Davis
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:07:39PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 01:57:52PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > On 17 July 2014 13:54, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:21:17PM +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > > >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:15 PM, N

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-18 Thread Adrian Chadd
Hi! On 18 July 2014 07:28, Lars Engels wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:21:17PM +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Navdeep Parhar wrote: >> >> > On 07/17/14 13:12, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> > > On 17 July 2014 13:03, Alberto Mijares wrote: >> > >> On Thu, Jul 17

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-18 Thread Baptiste Daroussin
On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:10:34PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi! > > > On 18 July 2014 07:28, Lars Engels wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:21:17PM +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Navdeep Parhar wrote: > >> > >> > On 07/17/14 13:12, Adrian Chadd wrote

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-18 Thread Adrian Chadd
On 18 July 2014 14:21, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:10:34PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> Hi! >> >> >> On 18 July 2014 07:28, Lars Engels wrote: >> > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:21:17PM +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Navdeep Parhar

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-18 Thread Rui Paulo
On Jul 17, 2014, at 13:00, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 17 July 2014 12:57, Andreas Nilsson wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> 3) The binary packages need to work out of the box >>> 4) .. which means, when you do things like pkg install

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-25 Thread Craig Rodrigues
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Craig Rodrigues wrote: > > For (2), encouraging people to move away from Linux to FreeBSD > on the server, may be something where we can get more wins. > I think we can do this by having more HOWTO articles on > the FreeBSD web page that explain the following: >

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-25 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 25 Jul 2014, Craig Rodrigues wrote: What I'd like to see is an article on freebsd.org either on the wiki or in the handbook, which compares using apt, yum, rpm, whatever to pkg. Is anyone interested in working on an article like this? I don't have the bandwidth right now. A person to

Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-25 Thread Dylan Leigh
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 03:05:32PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jul 2014, Craig Rodrigues wrote: > > >What I'd like to see is an article on freebsd.org either on the wiki > >or in the handbook, which compares using apt, yum, rpm, whatever > >to pkg. Is anyone interested in working on a

[PATCHES] Extend service(8) and rc(8) was: Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-19 Thread Lars Engels
On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:10:34PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi! > > > On 18 July 2014 07:28, Lars Engels wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:21:17PM +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Navdeep Parhar wrote: > >> > >> > On 07/17/14 13:12, Adrian Chadd wrote

Re: [PATCHES] Extend service(8) and rc(8) was: Re: HOWTO articles for migrating from Linux to FreeBSD, especially for pkg?

2014-07-19 Thread Adrian Chadd
Hi! I like it! It's a useful command line API. Eventually people will realise there needs to be a more formal method for describing/controlling the underlying framework, but I leave that up to bapt to figure out and .. well, push people to do. :) Thanks! -a On 19 July 2014 09:08, Lars Engels