I think the big reason there not being used is the availability.  I have not
been able to find any of the packages I like, and thus was forced to build
them from scratch.  

I don't mine building the apps, it's just a little time consuming!

As for pkg_* tools, I never did figure out exactly how to build use them to
create a package.


On Wed January 03, 1996 Giles Lean wrote:

 > 
 > On Tue, 2 Jan 1996 14:04:17 -0500  der Mouse wrote:
 > 
 > > > Now, as to why no one is contributing packages?  I don't know.  I
 > > > have some suspicions though:
 > > 
 > > > a) BETSI certificates, while probably a good idea, provided that
 > > >    little bit of extra non-incentive because [...]
 > > 
 > > Personally, anything requiring a BETSI certificate is completely out of
 > > the question.
 > 
 > John Kohl (I think it was John?) accepted a package from downunder
 > with a md5 signature for verification.  No BETSI as der Mouse notes.
 > 
 > Another reason that the packages are not being provided may well be
 > that they're not being used.  At least, I've received zero requests to
 > update the one I made.
 > 
 > Regards,
 > 
 > Giles