Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 18:17:44 +0200 From: "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de> To: Space Cadet <tootall79@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I want to help maintain vscode build with electron25 and codelite Message-ID: <0B204564-34FA-4CB3-8C75-3E54616B0161@punkt.de> In-Reply-To: <CAEuwmtn2VbWg6wuuKNhzafaajCQxejVJk_YrvJ6ee6q4xxiiJA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CABy3iKz1f-qf=q9msLog4Z0=YhjZo_8R0wwb8OAx_7uWS8bZzw@mail.gmail.com> <pov4zouuv6d4upezx6gerj5dij2wmqz7tgbiwdtz4dj2jbdagv@eszpm77rlje5> <CAEuwmtn2VbWg6wuuKNhzafaajCQxejVJk_YrvJ6ee6q4xxiiJA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi all, > Am 06.09.2023 um 18:06 schrieb Space Cadet <tootall79@gmail.com>: >=20 > codelite builds and works from sources, with some patches. I think = there is an issue with Eran, the author of codelite. I have to guess = about this. > Eran can correct me if I am wrong. It feels to me like he doesn't = want to have codelite as a freebsd package because=20 > the package system design results in a an app that doesn't run through = his 'paywall'. its not a paywall exactly. its a free program > but for a normal user to download a new release, she has to navigate a = contribution option. > its a great IDE so it is worth doing something to make it easier to = run it on freebsd, but I don't know what that would be. Don't we have some distfile knobs in the ports framework for exactly = this situation? Like on "make" the port informing the user that they need to download = the distfile manually for license reasons and place it into /usr/ports/distfiles? That would imply no package from the FreeBSD project but people could = still build their own in poudriere. Also possibly - maybe just ask the author if sufficiently clear = pkg_message would be considered sufficient? Kind regards, Patrick --=20 punkt.de GmbH Patrick M. Hausen .infrastructure Sophienstr. 187 76185 Karlsruhe Tel. +49 721 9109500 https://infrastructure.punkt.de info@punkt.de AG Mannheim 108285 Gesch=C3=A4ftsf=C3=BChrer: Daniel Lienert, Fabian Stein
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