Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 09:50:22 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> Cc: "ports@FreeBSD.org" <ports@freebsd.org>, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] Staging, packaging and more Message-ID: <CAN6yY1t5hawv_DKZHi95pgQ-HE%2Bf7HQr3qp6jy2pBwzx5=xnSA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <524D6059.2000700@FreeBSD.org> References: <20131003084814.GB99713@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <524D6059.2000700@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 5:17 AM, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> wrote: > on 03/10/2013 11:48 Baptiste Daroussin said the following: > > This also allows lots of new features to come: > > - Allow to create sub-packages > > - Allow to create debuginfo packages. > > I'd like to mention a few other possibilities along the same lines: > - doc packages > - examples packages > - "devel" packages (headers, tools and other files required for compiling > dependent software, but not generally needed for an end user) > > All open up to a debate, of course. > > Thank you very much for doing this major step! > -- > Andriy Gapon Staging is a major step forward and I am very happy to see it. This very well written message on not only what staging is, but why it is important is going to make a lot of people comfortable about what has happened, but I really wish this message had come out before it was introduced into ports. That would have eliminated a lot of confusion as to what was going on. There have been a LOT of major changes to ports/packages over the past few months and I really, really appreciate all of the work put into them, but I would be even happier if there was a bit more communication about what is changing just to avoid confusion. Thanks again for the work on this and other recent ports/pkg updates. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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