Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:51:27 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Ports Re-engineering: Semi-official statement of scope and schedule Message-ID: <476662BF.9040109@gmail.com>
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Project Name: Ports 2.0
Disclaimers:
1. This project is not meant to completely supplant the current
ports system for a minimum of 2 years
2. For non-core team versions all standard FreeBSD change
management procedures and policies will be followed
3. The system will not use any non-BSD licensed code
Core team:
Aryeh M. Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>
Alejandro Pulver <alepulver@freebsd.org>
David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net>
Summary of scope:
To restructure the ports system, not individual ports, via gound
up rewrite. While no immediate need and/or requirement is seen for
making the system non-FreeBSD portable it will be developed without
hard coding any FreeBSD only run-time requirements.
Key goals:
* 100% backwards compatibility with the ports current system
* No reliance on the ports current system for it's installation
and/or operation
* Separation of dependency and build systems
* Preparation for 100% OO based ports system
* Provide for easy future extension
Work schedule (dates TBD):
1. Complete feature/requirement gathering
2. Complete conceptual design
3. Produce a full scale unit test test via managing the
build,install, updating and deletition of all ports needed by x11/xorg
(including non-xorg supplied ports)
4. Expand the system to cover all ports in the current selection
5. After substantial testing replace the current ports system with
the new one
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Aryeh M. Friedman
FloSoft Systems
http://www.flosoft-systems.com
Developer, not business, friendly
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