Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:13:25 -0500 (EST) From: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/www/firefox Makefile distinfo pkg-descrmkdistfile mozconfig.in patch-Double.cpp patch-build_unix_run-mozilla Message-ID: <20040212110623.A77057@blues.jpj.net> In-Reply-To: <20040212102842.GC3148@FreeBSD.org> References: <200402110716.i1B7GH9D017803@repoman.freebsd.org> <xzpisidbtvn.fsf@dwp.des.no> <1076508074.88428.14.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> <20040211122704.X93022@blues.jpj.net> <xzpk72tiah1.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20040211165940.Q98525@blues.jpj.net> <xzp4qtweqlf.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20040212031228.E31447@blues.jpj.net> <20040212102842.GC3148@FreeBSD.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> My opinion is that DES is right anyway. This lowers the consistency of > the ports tree overall, Not really--many other ports do the same thing. > and it makes it harder to do global statistics > etc. For each single issue this is not a big deal; however, overall it > IS, and to get overall consistency we need to make consistent choices in > each single case. > > At least 99% of the people that still run 4.6 and want to run firefox > will already have REINPLACE installed. The argument for "less > dependencies" is thus for an extreme minority case, and it is IMO not > one we should take particular care for anyway. We *want* people to > upgrade, so the net avoids exposure to old versions etc. Installing REINPLACE_CMD is not going to improve anyone's security. > My advice: Just accept the use of perl as a mistake, fix it, and move > on. It's a requirement for building the program. There's nothing wrong with also using it to edit a few files. If someone (you?) have ideas about removing the Perl dependency, that would be a really stunning enhancement to the port. As I said it's been a huge bugbear. -- Trevor Johnson
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20040212110623.A77057>