On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 23:23, John Marino <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Aaron, > I don't want this to be considered some kind of release > announcement, > but I have arranged for DragonFly-CURRENT users that are very > curious to > install a functional Ravenports system. This is for preview and > evaluation (for feedback) purposes. Ravenadm is still a work in > progress, and the port count is still small[1]. > > I've added a Quickstart guide for DF users here: > https://github.com/jrmarino/Ravenports/wiki/quickstart-df > > People that follow that procedure should immediately read: > https://github.com/jrmarino/Ravenports/wiki/standard-commands > > Familarity with Synth helps, but there are some differences. > It's intended to be intuitive. > > Right now, unless you create a repository, built packages are > installed > directly with "pkg add" command. Later ravenadm will have a > wrapper for > that so that creating repositories are optional. > > To iterate, this is just a courtesy preview. I'm still working > on a lot > of things. Those interested in port development may wish to > read the > porters guide.[2]. (A 90% port converter is possible but > doesn't exist > yet). Hi John, Sorry for my late reply. I'm busying with my works... Thank you for the quick guide, and the great work on Ravenports! I have already tried Ravenports & ravenadm a bit, and built several packages. I will keep testing it and report back on the GitHub. Cheers, -- Aly
