From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 8 14:52:20 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 879A616A419 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2007 14:52:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swhetzel@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15BF413C44B for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2007 14:52:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swhetzel@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so985742nfb for ; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:52:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=lDWcLwi5AMCGOqtsM7JDMdq/5KdaSO40IZ7v/kj7yq0=; b=B/n2W6QPesEZ8eUFqyAtXSr+m8LEnTESQDrtUzmM071pFLdEQruHAFmQoFPvsGLygl7P52USUEBb0FMrovO4zhZYt7fkhzjqSrqnSmnc5a+7ZTQPJ3WKRLG1yCLR9SlC8zk+INbNLH37gHbvwz1thiWkY6Almrjna41R71ytPWQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=eKticqxy+NOd/iesAeWPqOlRy1+N24o0dx2BPGhD2z2oCl7Lf3a3KNDcX6ulQmvITrMngXk1jf0qMibSmKx8fWuOCvlEzUT7nTDpqDEwTtFUNq99u5qyzprml1keB6KxtNM1DwRdyrI8N2Key/wzWiZ8oJ99YzHuzRsqC6f45SU= Received: by 10.86.72.15 with SMTP id u15mr5169835fga.1191855138296; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:52:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.71.6 with HTTP; Mon, 8 Oct 2007 07:52:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <790a9fff0710080752k90c1ac3r23856304f176648e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:52:18 -0500 From: "Scot Hetzel" To: "Willy Picard" In-Reply-To: <20071008125558.GE1509@copernic.kti.ae.poznan.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20071008125558.GE1509@copernic.kti.ae.poznan.pl> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The scandalous status of linux-flashplugin9 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: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:52:20 -0000 On 10/8/07, Willy Picard wrote: > Hi, > > I write this email to give my humble opinion on the scandalous status of the > linux-flashplugin9. This port is in the port tree for now 8 monthes (first > commit on the 17th of January 2007) and one should admit that it never > worked. A > numerous set of mails has already been sent on this mailing list about this > port > and, to my best knowledge, no one has figured out how to have Flash 9 > working on > a FreeBSD machine using this port. > > I am not shocked by the lack of support for Flash9, even if Flash 8+ is > nowadays > more and more frequent. I understand the lack of time of the porters, issues > related with various architectures and similar issues. Therefore, I give > Jamie no > grief about the lack of support for Flash 9. That is just not my point. > > The thing that shocked me is the fact that the port is still in the ports > tree > even if it does not work! (It compiles but each try to view a Flash > animation > leads to a segmentation fault of Firefox). If we want the FreeBSD community > to > be focused on quality (I assume we all want), then this port should be > removed > from the ports tree or at least marked as broken. > The port is not broken as the flash9 port is not compiled, it just installs the linux flash9 binary. What is broken is the linux emulation on FreeBSD < 7. Work is underway to improve the linux emulation in -CURRENT. I agree the port should be marked broken for OSVERSION < 7000xx, and compat.linux.osrelease = 2.4.2, as the flash9 plugin may require 2.6.16 linux emulation. Scot Scot