Re: rcs

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On 10/8/13 11:17 AM, Freddie Cash wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Alfred Perlstein <bright_at_mu.org 
> <mailto:bright_at_mu.org>>wrote:
>
>     On 10/7/13 9:49 PM, Julian Elischer wrote:
>
>         On 10/8/13 11:19 AM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
>
>             On 2013-10-07, at 8:15 PM, Steve Kargl
>             <sgk_at_troutmask.apl.washington.edu
>             <mailto:sgk_at_troutmask.apl.washington.edu>> wrote:
>
>                 Maybe there was no development for 15 years.  However,
>                 the 7364
>                 lines in ChangeLog after 2010-02-04 suggests that
>                 there may
>                 be few bugs to worry about.
>
>
>         I think the fact is that most direct users of RCS use it in a
>         very simple way, and
>         it works just fine for that.  with no real need for any
>         updates or any change.
>
>
>     With all due respect Julian, The more we discuss this more this
>     really points to the problem that FreeBSD appears to be a
>     challenge to install packages into such that a package moving out
>     of base is such a big deal.
>
>     Can we fix that instead?
>
>     I mean, this change should really not be a big deal, but yet it is
>     and this speaks to the core of FreeBSD utility.
>
>     So again, is there a way to make it so adding RCS after install is
>     not a big deal at all?
>
>
> ​I haven't kept up-to-date with all the developments, but isn't this 
> part of the bsdinstall/pkgng plan?  Once the pkgng repos are all 
> available and populated, then bsdinstall will be able to install 
> packages from there during the install.  And, isn't that part of the 
> plan for the DVD installers, to include an "installer repo" for 
> off-line installs?
>
> IOW, theoretically, one could just download the 10.0 DVD, boot, 
> install the base, browse the repo on the DVD, select items to install, 
> install, reboot, and be finished.  Without ever needing to touch an 
> Internet connection until after rebooting into FreeBSD, if it's even 
> needed at all.
>
> Or was that one of the "pie-in-the-sky" ideas that hasn't materialised 
> yet?​
>
I thought sysinstall could do this 13 years ago?

-Alfred