From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 9 10:30:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FC7F106564A for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 10:30:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lev@FreeBSD.org) Received: from onlyone.friendlyhosting.spb.ru (onlyone.friendlyhosting.spb.ru [IPv6:2a01:4f8:131:60a2::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 181298FC1B for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 10:30:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lion.home.serebryakov.spb.ru (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:923f:1:14f9:cfdf:caf2:2c18]) (Authenticated sender: lev@serebryakov.spb.ru) by onlyone.friendlyhosting.spb.ru (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 5DBC24AC58 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 14:30:57 +0400 (MSD) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 14:30:52 +0400 From: Lev Serebryakov Organization: FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <765103585.20110909143052@serebryakov.spb.ru> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [RFC] New ports idea: github / gitorious / bitbucket direct support. X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: lev@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:30:58 -0000 Hello, Freebsd-ports. I notice, that many software projects are hosted on social DVCS hostings nowadays. Other common "feature" among them is absence of "official" tarballs for versions. I don't say, that ALL projects whith primary hosting on these DVCS sites don't publish official tarballs. But many of them don't. On other hand, all these DVCS sites provide way to download auto-generate= d tarballs for any tag or branch or revision. Maybe, we need support for this model to ports system directly? Like we support SourceForge and other code hosting sites. --=20 // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov