From owner-cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 00:09:28 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DBDD106567D; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:09:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adamw@magnesium.net) Received: from toxic.magnesium.net (toxic.magnesium.net [207.154.84.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 691BA8FC1E; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:09:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adamw@magnesium.net) Received: by toxic.magnesium.net (Postfix, from userid 1252) id 43A8BDA821; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:45:58 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:45:58 -0500 From: Adam Weinberger To: Sergey Matveychuk , pav@FreeBSD.org, Sergey Skvortsov , Kirill Ponomarew , ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20090115234558.GA15769@toxic.magnesium.net> References: <200901132138.n0DLcosP013731@repoman.freebsd.org> <20090113213900.DC9031065703@hub.freebsd.org> <20090114160829.GA4867@voodoo.bawue.com> <496E14C7.70306@protey.ru> <20090114162715.GB4867@voodoo.bawue.com> <496E17FD.4000305@protey.ru> <1231953252.87647.45.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> <496E309C.7080903@FreeBSD.org> <20090115204632.GF21073@tux.nerdheaven.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20090115204632.GF21073@tux.nerdheaven.dk> X-Editor: Vim 7.2 http://www.vim.org X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5 http://www.mutt.org X-Adamw: ADAMW!!! X-URL: http://www.vectors.cx User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Subject: Re: [ports] cvs commit: ports UPDATING ports/Mk bsd.perl.mk ports/lang/perl5.8 Makefile Makefile.man distinfo pkg-plist ports/lang/perl5.8/files patch-freebsd.sh patch-makedepend patch-perl.c patch-sv.c patch-utf-regcomp X-BeenThere: cvs-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:09:30 -0000 >> (01.15.2009 @ 1546 PST): Lars Balker Rasmussen said, in 0.5K: << > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 09:36:12PM +0300, Sergey Matveychuk wrote: > > Pav Lucistnik wrote: > > >Sergey Skvortsov pí?e v st 14. 01. 2009 v 19:51 +0300: > > >>- rename lang/perl5 to lang/perl5.6 > > >Can I vote to just drop perl5.6 instead? > > Me too. 5.6 is complete useless nowadays. > > Absolutely. 5.6 needs to disappear. We're doing our users a serious > disservice by having lang/perl5 be 5.6. > > And 5.10.0 rocks. > -- > Lars Balker Rasmussen Consult::Perl >> end of "Re: [ports] cvs commit: ports UPDATING ports/Mk?bsd.perl.mk?ports/lang/perl5.8 Makefile Makefile.man distinfo?pkg-plist?ports/lang/perl5.8/files patch-freebsd.sh patch-makedepend?patch-perl.c patch-sv.c patch-utf-regcomp" from Lars Balker Rasmu While I agree that having lang/perl5 be 5.6 is lame (and makes a very clear statement that FreeBSD is unable to evolve), I don't see why everyone is insisting that 5.6 be removed from the tree altogether. Make a lang/perl port. Set it to always be the current stable version. Get rid of lang/perl5; nobody is going to want to install perl4. Once there is a lang/perl port that points to the *current stable version*, let perl@ create as many version-specific ports as their hearts desire. I've never understood why there was a lang/perl5 port. For god's sake, take a look at the tree from a new user's perspective and think, "If I wanted to install perl, where would I expect to find it?" # Adam -- Adam Weinberger adamw@magnesium.net || adamw@vectors.cx http://www.vectors.cx