Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:36:07 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: John Birrell <jb@what-creek.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Limitations of Ports System Message-ID: <4761B3D7.2080308@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071213210646.GA52285@what-creek.com> References: <475F7390.9090509@gmail.com> <1022BEDA-8641-4686-AB1A-3FE2D688F47F@FreeBSD.org> <475FAC1F.1010401@gmail.com> <19341C6C-BF3A-4DFD-B8DF-87F4E92B0335@FreeBSD.org> <0F330142-A3CA-4E6E-84BD-FDE55A8E3AEE@yahoo.com> <20071213111050.O6078@wonkity.com> <291C2604-2EDD-412E-9108-2ADD7D4D9F68@u.washington.edu> <47618F76.4080001@gmail.com> <20071213210646.GA52285@what-creek.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Birrell wrote: > On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 03:00:54PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: >> That is why I plan to use xorg as the test case for the new system.... >> namely if it builds xorg in the most efficent way possible then it >> will be considered good enough for release > > You need to pick a much more complicated set of dependencies than > Xorg. > > You should analyse the dependency tree across all ports and then > take into account what happens when source changes occur > unsynchronised. > > Take things like those that depend on the various Qt ports. You will > see that some depend on Qt3 and others on Qt4. > > Then consider things that depend on the documentation ports. > > Please do not fall into the trap of simplifying the requirements > and then finding a simpler solution. > I was not planning to skimp on the requirements at all but the test case is xorg... i.e. I will do my best to not compermise on features/requirements but xorg meets several criteria for being a good test (out of order building, alt. depends, large but seperatable DAG) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHYbPXzIOMjAek4JIRAtmcAJ4rifRtYkufmyFU9LCxqMhx73kZ6ACfe7Nt Ojc2my7xjUH6xoyn+ysHM1U= =mB1y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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