Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 23:45:28 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Jeremy Norris <ishmael27@home.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Rules for new ports Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010262344470.971-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20001026214222.A14026@babylon.merseine.nu>
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On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Jeremy Norris wrote:
> If I do, the program proceeds to segfault. It's at a very early stage of
> development and appears to be hard-coded to utilizing the photo.
> If the general consensus is that this makes the port inappropriate, that is
> fine, I will try to contact the author of the program and see what I can do
> about getting the photo removed.
I don't knwo about the port itself, but it kinda seems to reduce the
respectability of the software itself if the photo it requires to run is
of a pornographic nature *rofl*
>
> Jeremy
>
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 11:23:14PM -0300, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> >
> > can't you create a patch to the Makefile as appropriate to remove that
> > photo from the install process?
> >
> > On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Jeremy Norris wrote:
> >
> > > Is there any set guidelines about what kind of files a port added to the CVS
> > > repo can install? I've developed a port for geist, an image manipulation
> > > program created by the developers of enlightenment, however it installs a
> > > pornographic photograph (in the form of a png). Should I just mark the port
> > > IS_INTERACTIVE, prompting the user before install, and NO_CDROM, or what?
> > >
> > > Jeremy
> > >
> > >
> > >
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