From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 24 06:17:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8911916A402 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:17:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.123]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4888213C469 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:17:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com ([66.91.120.58]) by hrndva-omta03.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20080224061753.ERVU15672.hrndva-omta03.mail.rr.com@localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com>; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:17:53 +0000 Received: from holstein.holy.cow (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBAED32B7; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:19:42 -1000 (HST) Received: (from parv@localhost) by holstein.holy.cow (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m1O6JfVk004217; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:19:41 -1000 (HST) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) X-Authentication-Warning: holstein.holy.cow: parv set sender to parv@pair.com using -f Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:19:41 -1000 From: Parv To: Felippe de Meirelles Motta Message-ID: <20080224061941.GA3961@holstein.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Felippe de Meirelles Motta , Wesley Shields , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <20080223155911.84fe423f.bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> <20080223212653.GC73222@atarininja.org> <20080223165016.8a36f06d.bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> <20080223221346.GD73222@atarininja.org> <759236930802231527iab7ced1ncaf3a117c9fe191c@mail.gmail.com> <20080224003330.GE73222@atarininja.org> <47C0CE65.4020907@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47C0CE65.4020907@gmail.com> Cc: Wesley Shields , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Portmaster and added dependencies X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:17:54 -0000 in message <47C0CE65.4020907@gmail.com>, wrote Felippe de Meirelles Motta thusly... > ... > Well ... I like normal user, I always get much the lastest version > of the software to use. But I as a developer, with the minimal > version required (core-mod or no) is ok. Interesting, as I would have thought the opposite. > Now ... thinking better, if i as maintainer of some p5-* ports, if > i always use the version of core-mod, i'll in some way, "force" > the user to almost always be a newer version of perl (usually even > 5.8.0 or 5.6.0). So we still think that the version setting > minimum dependence, it would be the best way for all. Because > then can be any version of perl, but with a module later (if > needed). I would say to always specify the dependency on the module if present in ports. If the minimum version of module is already available either as part of Perl installation or module itself, fine. Otherwise, install the module of course. Perhaps that is what you had already written. BTW, new stable version of Perl is 5.10. - Parv --