From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 12 09:08:03 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 016DD56C for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 09:08:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tingox@gmail.com) Received: from mail-we0-x235.google.com (mail-we0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93C452236 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 09:08:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f181.google.com with SMTP id t60so5270853wes.12 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 02:08:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=HKIO+CTLJnWCQt13KJW37wLAUZOvW61XZy24YZGUQUc=; b=b+0mcIAni/VX7ETkurDgIor52CfY9kndPkiPiK2C2nv6gcAt+QwRqvKEJh4IFkskd/ 7DjwKOKFv8LCtRlDG90Dc6Mj/4UhE2vVCmgS3r/zJzSpQYK6FV3PULi34arultAGes8p XrZfP3x+S5f95zVDHpIaolXb0ZmjE498vx2FyhwYry/XvW6G4acAqoMJG5dw3QmaofaL 1e322HnvJRXjv2Dty9OtyS/dp3EOGyhrG7AhB3OtOxCJecOOCf0pOJc41nmE1V8fdAd3 5WDjQkOCYiXqeLkdD/72kE1bnOSG7al6n/3d0zAHxWr6NE/TlaNYQdCUfwpnHxQVar9c t3XA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.24.168 with SMTP id v8mr21147670wjf.28.1381568881114; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 02:08:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.40.197 with HTTP; Sat, 12 Oct 2013 02:08:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5259051D.7060205@FreeBSD.org> References: <20131012055953.GA4352@icarus.home.lan> <5259051D.7060205@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 11:08:01 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How to disable staging support in ports tree universally? From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: FreeBSD Ports ML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 09:08:03 -0000 Hello, On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > Staging is here to stay. There's no way of "turnng it off." If the Why? Why can't it be turned off? What is the technical reason / reasoning behind this design decision? And why is staging special, compared to all other features that has been introduced to FreeBSD in the last few years? -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen