Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:26:13 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, perl@freebsd.org, skv@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: change to bsd.perl.mk Message-ID: <4E22B8C5.1070700@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CADLo83-TWjnZFPCY55T9B=PmFpWJkZOZ9JxS3ezENfFT%2BJKiAw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110716212640.GA13201@lonesome.com> <CADLo839-NeBEcYwcGN%2BabuFxbUk%2BzFwBQ7dUNymh4_BFNkS-Nw@mail.gmail.com> <CADLo839j3akUhvVrr2Mb0gvCDNDL7U-pgbFx4WQzX9-4xW6DYw@mail.gmail.com> <20110717003551.GA17969@lonesome.com> <4E223112.9050204@FreeBSD.org> <CADLo83-TWjnZFPCY55T9B=PmFpWJkZOZ9JxS3ezENfFT%2BJKiAw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 07/17/2011 03:07, Chris Rees wrote: > On 17 July 2011 01:47, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: >> On 07/16/2011 17:35, Mark Linimon wrote: >>> On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 10:51:04PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote: >>>> If it's unconditionally included, how does that exempt it from exp-runs? >>>> >>>> Surely it's equally risky to commit to it as bsd.port.mk, or have I missed >>>> something? >>> >>> In a perfect world we'd have -exp runs for everything, I suppose. OTOH >>> here in the real world there's plenty of lower-risk changes that can be >>> done without. If in doubt, we can always do one. >>> >>> Take a look a the various commits in ports/Mk for examples of what's >>> been done in the past. >> >> A) If the file is unconditionally included the idea of administrative >> separation is false security. There is no reason that the appropriate >> perl folks can't have permission to twiddle that stuff in bpm. >> >> B) Focusing on this part of the problem detracts from the more important >> point that the thing should be conditionally included, and that whatever >> needs to be fixed to make that happen should be fixed. >> > > Doug, > > Am I right in thinking from your comments in the past that you would > be willing to form a team to achieve this goal? Yes. > I think you're right, and it should be done -- count me in. > > Chris > -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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