From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 15 00:28:18 2007 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 7233A16A41A for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:28:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Received: from cauchy.math.missouri.edu (cauchy.math.missouri.edu [128.206.184.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B52613C448 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:28:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Received: from laptop2.gateway.2wire.net (cauchy.math.missouri.edu [128.206.184.213]) by cauchy.math.missouri.edu (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lBF0S2ta024415; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:28:02 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Message-ID: <47631FA0.4030008@math.missouri.edu> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:28:16 -0600 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071213 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" References: <475F7390.9090509@gmail.com> <20071214121906.1241dcdd@gumby.homeunix.com.> <200712140947.26972.david@vizion2000.net> <476301A8.4090009@FreeBSD.org> <476303A3.4010205@gmail.com> <47630478.6060907@FreeBSD.org> <4763063E.7090800@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4763063E.7090800@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Remko Lodder , David Southwell , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Limitations of Ports System X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:28:18 -0000 Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Remko Lodder wrote: >> You Simply dont understand the way it works here and I can >> understand that till a certain point of view; take the advise; >> discuss it elsewhere, and get back with working code (yeah I repeat >> it twice because nobody seems to get through to you, and MANY >> people tried it already). > Oh I hear the message loud and clear and just happen to not agree with > the thinking behind it. Namely ivory tower development has its place > but not here. This is my thinking. I think what Aryeh is doing here is fine. But perhaps Aryeh and David need to stop rising to the bait when someone tells them they are wrong. I understand them replying up until now, because I can see that silence might be interpreted as their acquiescence. But I think to reply to naysayers now will only add much more noise. Both sides have made their points loud and clear, and the points don't need repetition. Remko: this thread has generated interesting discussions, clearly relevant to ports. If you don't like the discussions, simply press the delete key or don't reply. Stephen