Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:50:51 -0800 From: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@FreeBSD.org> Cc: portmgr@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gettext Message-ID: <424835EB.8010208@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <00D88C763E4197939796E7C1@palle.girgensohn.se> References: <00D88C763E4197939796E7C1@palle.girgensohn.se>
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Palle Girgensohn wrote: > gettext is at 0.14.3, we still have 0.14.1. Are there good reasons for > lagging, or is it just that noone stepped forward and made the upgrade. > I do realize it requires a great deal of testing... :) Y'all just answered yourself :) Something to look to as soon as 5.4-RELEASE is out the door -- changing stuff required by half the ports tree a week or so before a freeze is insanely dangerous.. > Also, I got no response on the thought of splitting the gettext port > into -runtime and -tools, as suggested by the gettext folks, so > apparently noone considered it for the freebsd port. Is it a good idea, > or would it just be a nuisance? Thoughts, anyone? It's an absolute royal pain in the arse. On those systems where it is split into seperate items, I simply find myself adding them both in. The saving of a little bit of space, for the major upheaval in dependencies elsewhere in the tree, is simply not worth the pain. -aDe
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