Re: Bob v0.1.0 ready for beta testing

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On Tuesday, December 30th, 2025 at 3:21 PM, Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%pkgsrc.org@localhost> wrote:

> 
> 
> * On 2025-12-30 at 14:09 GMT, Greg Troxel wrote:
> 
> > Jonathan Perkin jperkin%pkgsrc.org@localhost writes:
> > 
> > > * On 2025-12-29 at 21:29 GMT, David Brownlee wrote:
> > > 
> > > > - Is it recommended to "cargo install pkgbob" and all other steps as
> > > > root (docs imply but do not state)
> > > 
> > > Not necessarily. cargo defaults to installing to your home directory,
> > > but as long as you have PATH set correctly the installed binary can be
> > > owned by any user, or install as non-root and run everything as 'sudo
> > > bob', etc.
> > 
> > Is there any reason it isn't in pkgsrc, or if it is, why we're talking
> > about hand-install instructions?
> 
> 
> I don't think it makes any sense to have it in pkgsrc, and doing so
> could make it more difficult to use (as now you may have to explicitly
> exclude your host pkgsrc prefix from sandbox directories). One of the
> main design goals is that it is completely independent from pkgsrc and
> doesn't require e.g. a completely separate /usr/pbulk prefix.
> 
> That said, while I can't stop anyone from doing so, I would ask that if
> someone really wants to package it, that you wait until it's out of
> beta. I only started this thread to get input from active users so that
> the first official version doesn't have to be significantly re-worked to
> suit a particular use-case that I hadn't considered in the design.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --
> Jonathan Perkin pkgsrc.smartos.org
> Open Source Complete Cloud www.tritondatacenter.com

In which case, I'll revoke my words.
I'm not packaging this as what jperkin@ just wrote makes sense.