Subject: Re: macppc pkgs [was: Re: Beginner's guide to NetBSD on MacMini ( was Re: HI JASON, WELCOME TO OPEN FIRMWARE!)]
To: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
From: Timo Schoeler <wanker4freedom@web.de>
List: port-macppc
Date: 03/16/2005 14:38:08
>> Well, as long as we don't offer pre-built packages on CD the poor
>> user will have to download them in MacOS or set up an internet
>> connection in NetBSD. In theory it's pkg_add kde3 or cd
>> /usr/pkgsrc/meta-pkgs/kde3; make update ( and MUCH time ) but we all
>> know it's not quite as easy.
>>
>> Last time I checked i386 was the only port that offers iso-images
>> with more than the base OS, I think at least on macppc we should
>> include pre-built KDE, WindowMaker and probably Gnome so the user has
>> something to start with. Then we should finally find out what the
>> hell is wrong with gecko on macppc - that's why I suggested including
>> KDE, Konqueror works fine but anything gecko-based produces all kinds
>> of funky rendering errors. So far I've been unable to track them down
>> but they happen on both of my macppc boxes. The only app with
>> remotely similar problems is bmp, I guess I'll check that next...
>> Maybe we should also set up cvs ( maybe set CVSROOT in root's
>> .profile ) and include pkgsrc.
>
> It would be nice if someone could do macppc bulk builds.
> NetBSD only offers binaries built from people who have signed the
> developers agreement on ftp.netbsd.org, but even from others, binary
> pkgs would be nice:
> 1) they can be downloaded and used and
> 2) bugs can be identified.
>
> See http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/pkgsrc/binary.html#bulkbuild
> for instructions on setting up bulk builds.
i'd like to contribute -- the where to put the binaries (especially to
avoid 1000 and one different places from where to fetch parts of bulk
builds 8)? or is there a contact you could point me/us to?
tia,
timo