Date: 10 Feb 2002 17:49:04 +0200 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@mail.ru> To: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Core GNOME distfiles Message-ID: <1013355475.333.8.camel@notebook> In-Reply-To: <B88B8DB2.551C%ade@FreeBSD.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 10:38, Ade Lovett wrote: > On 02/10/02 02:25, "Maxim Sobolev" <sobomax@mail.ru> wrote: > > I think that more formal approach would be better: any port that uses > > MASTER_SITE_GNOME as its primary download location should go into > > DIST_SUBDIR of "gnome". An appropriate HEADS-UP and a conversion shell > > script for those who already have many GNOME1 bits in their > > /usr/ports/distfiles is a must. > > Cool. Max nailed my devils advocate position :) I'm happy to go for this > -- a number of my current port changes simply revolve around the fact that > MASTER_SITE_GNOME has (finally) caught up with reality on a bunch of ports, > and should therefore be added back in. > > > Also a good idea would be extending bsd.gnome.mk in the case when > > $DIST_SUBDIR=="gnome" to check for distfile both in $DISTDIR and > > $DISTDIR/gnome and print a warning that the user should move the > > distfile into $DISTDIR/gnome. > > Or even move it automagically? Want to provide the bsd.gnome.mk foo for > this? Not sure that automagic is appropriate here, because theoretically /usr/ports/distfiles could be ro mountpoint (e.g. CD or something like that). Moreover, selection of the evolutionary way (as indicated in your mail below) makes this not really necessary. > > I object to the massive conversion and would rather see gradual > > switchover, i.e. gzip->bzip2 conversion should be only committed along > > with a version update. Otherwise we will unnecessarily hurt users with > > slow Internet connections (me included). > > Jolly good again. I'd object to it, too, if there wasn't some extra > functionality involved. > > So, now that a few heads have been poked, how about: > > (1) anything that has MASTER_SITE_GNOME in the MASTER_SITES will be migrated > to the "gnome1/" distfiles subdirectory on next update, or just prior to the > freeze for 4.6-RELEASE, whichever comes first. > > (2) anything that uses MASTER_SITE_GNOME and has a bzip2 tarball available > will be migrated to bzip2 on the next update, or just prior to the freeze > for 4.6-RELEASE, whichever comes first. > > (3) any and all ports that make up gnome-2 (soon to be committed), will have > their distfiles placed in the gnome2/ subdirectory. > > Better? Yeah, this is exactly what I was thinking about. No more objections from here - let's stick to this plan if all other freebsd-gnome inhabitants are happy with it. -Maxim [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQA8ZpPQoNu5t4iCBa8RAtkFAJ92Owvcai9yVebB4UFWOwpZm+vkFwCfQaF/ xmt5oCsX29uvp94ZgplLZ2Y= =Bai/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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