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Date:      29 Dec 2001 01:16:48 +0200
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
Cc:        jeh@FreeBSD.org, joseph@randomnetworks.com, lioux@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/www Makefile ports/www/frontpage-es  Makefiledistinfo pkg-comment
Message-ID:  <1009581412.225.2.camel@notebook>
In-Reply-To: <200112282206.fBSM6kf36064@aldan.algebra.com>
References:  <200112282206.fBSM6kf36064@aldan.algebra.com>

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On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 00:06, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> On 28 Dec, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> > On Fri, 2001-12-28 at 20:32, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> >> On 28 Dec, James E. Housley wrote:
> >> >> # >   Added files:
> >> >> # >     www/frontpage-es     Makefile distinfo pkg-comment
> >> >> # >   Log:
> >> >> # >   o New port frontpage-es version 5.0.2.2623: Microsoft Frontpa=
ge
> >> >> # >     Spanish Web Administration
> >> >> # >   o Slave port of Microsoft Frontpage Arabic Web Administration=
 port
> >> [...]
> >> >> # This sequence  of frontpage-<language> ports is  pretty scary...
> >> >> # Can't  we  have it  all  under  one  port  with a  dialog  based
> >> >> # configure to  ask which language  should be used?  Defaulting to
> >> >> # $LANG, for example...
>=20
> >> >>         I'd like to  second this idea. In addition  a quick glance
> >> >> at the  porter's handbook doesn't mention  this situation, perhaps
> >> >> it should.
> >>=20
> >> > Except with  a "language dialog"  there wont be packages  built for
> >> > each language.
> >>=20
> >> IMO, that,  really, is a  problem with our official  package building
> >> setup  (bento). It  hardly justifies  having  15 new  ports ON  EVERY
> >> FreeBSD INSTALLATION, that installs ports collection.
> >
> > Patches are welcome, ya know.
>=20
> That's a bit off-topic, Max, please, don't change the subject. The ports
> quality is the primary target. The  wide choice of pre-built packages --
> the secondary.  It seems,  the quality  of the  ports collection  can be
> improved  by merging  the  frontpage-<slave> ports  into one  (frontpage
> itself), even if  that means there will be no  prebuilt packages for the
> slaves for some time.

Look, you are complaining that there is no way to build several packags
from one port with "options", but don't provide any reasonable way it
could be improved. Replacing several frontpage-foo ports with one port
with "options" doesn't count, because it's worse than the current setup
when pre-built packages are considered. I don't see why you think that
pre-built packages are "the secondary". If the maintainer(s) feel
comfortable maintaining N ports - so be it, it's his/their business, not
yours.

-Maxim

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