NetBSD Packages Collection Up To 3525 Packages 21
Dan writes "NetBSD's Alistair Crooks says that by his calculations, at the end of February 2003, there were 3525 packages in the NetBSD Packages Collection, up from 3461 the previous month, a rise of 64. The Package of the Month award goes to pkgdepgraph (yet again), nominated by Andrew Brown (yet again)."
Umm so? (Score:1)
12312 24628 262265
Debian unstable has over 12000 available.
Re:Umm so? (Score:1)
Re:Umm so? (Score:1)
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Merging Available information
Replacing available packages info, using
Information about 13182 package(s) was updated.
dammit! i WIN!!!
maybe experimental is the cause
Re:Umm so? (Score:3, Interesting)
For example, PHP was compiled in several different versions in several different methods (with XML, without XML, with
FreeBSD has a php package for CGI based PHP4, Mod based PHP4, and Mod based PHP3. But all of the compile options (components of PHP itself) are flags to be set during compile time and are one package.
Anyway, by bundling this way, a single BSD package may be equivelent to 15 or 20 Debian packages.
So, t
I'll see you and raise... (Score:2)
Of course, for both deb and rpm, there's the excellent checkinstall [asic-linux.com.mx]
Re:Umm so? (Score:2)
Where NetBSD has the "fubar" package, Debian as "fubar", "fubar-docs", "fubar-devel", "fubar-optional" and "fubar-gtk".
True, Debian has more applications in its package collection than NetBSD does, but don't even begin to claim that the raw number of packages in Debian means anything relevant to the world outside of Debian. Because it doesn't.
Is this really "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matter" (Score:1)
While I don't mind the occasional, hey look at this new cool software package, this seems completely out of place on Slashdot. Monthly postings of the number of packages just seems incredibly bizarre. It's not like you are posting a new revision, a new feature, a new major release, major changes. In short, this isn't news
Re:Is this really "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matt (Score:1)
Shocking (Score:3, Funny)
They haven't been. NetBSD has been dying for lack of a funtime dancer.
Re:Is this really "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matt (Score:2)
But it wasn't.
It was posted to the BSD section, where it's perfectly appropriate. I haven't noticed monthly /. BSD-section postings of the number of packages in NetBSD, and in any case I was moderately interested by this post.
So either you took time out to visit the BSD section, or you've set the /. option to collapse sections -- either way, if you're not interested, just ignore it.
Re:Is this really "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matt (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Is this really "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matt (Score:2)
Forget Slashdot; the Associated Press would pick that one up in a heartbeat.
You're right, though. Even a story detailing the last package packaged each month for NetBSD would be more useful. Someone might discover a new software package.
Re:not needed? (Score:2)
Good point. I demand a Black Cat Linux package count.
Huh. Numbers all over the place (Score:1)
The All NetBSD Packages [netbsd.org] document (long) states 3706 packages ... numbers, numbers, everywhere!
Re:Huh. Numbers all over the place (Score:2)
Re:Huh. Numbers all over the place (Score:2)
Most portable package system ever (Score:2, Informative)