From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Mar 24 20:18:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA00179 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 20:18:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (fallout.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA00159; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 20:17:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jfieber@indiana.edu) Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA04393; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 23:17:58 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 23:17:58 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber To: Satoshi Asami cc: database@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [PORTS] Pgaccess doesn't run on -current anymore, Update In-Reply-To: <199803250217.VAA02286@bubble.didi.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Satoshi Asami wrote: > * Why? > > Because it's a waste of time. If you want to know what happened > before, anyone can go check the mail archives. I've watched all the tcl battles rage on from a distance, not paying too much attention in general. If things have indeed settled down, it would be good to put a couple paragraphs in the porting manual to explain the tcl mess, maybe with a little note about why the current scheme is less evil than other possible strategies. -john To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message