From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 11 09:31:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3D73106567A for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:31:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from redbull.bpaserver.net (redbullneu.bpaserver.net [213.198.78.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54F818FC08 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:31:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (pD9E2D0DF.dip.t-dialin.net [217.226.208.223]) by redbull.bpaserver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB70A2E1E0; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:30:53 +0100 (CET) Received: from webmail.leidinger.net (webmail.leidinger.net [192.168.1.102]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE8DD37430; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:30:41 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=Leidinger.net; s=outgoing-alex; t=1226395841; bh=x2K/o5ajkXK1qCREdYXmPm2uwmxk/Uiul rnSSDs7Rps=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=bbJ5pzWvhWnkiVnXfawFNagMrvCBmTjaSZeRHjK9REtms10tTsFMNte7xY0JfvM9o iQ5Ye27ittvrPBwK5/11xLeogfBxxJ96zbGEAQHJvZte26Qex+/qgrH7261zqCP6GxO 3VlAm6i0L1aj+MRWl3qTwwLB8qoJ5Rf0CdMImmqR7A7YJjIYhnY9iZAQ392NFF7gIzn IlUSD/4wYaYnNSjPcYRmer8VsCt26BvBeI5gjjpuiiBUAQ/OPE8u0mvA5a/a/qyJl6h 7rNBdT4hATvdP8rLVzMdvstWu0yGydGUMsfV8MuhZgy7ZcCgRKslTXU/+fCcqgPUvYx +hF3M27Pg== Received: (from www@localhost) by webmail.leidinger.net (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id mAB9UfI8043833; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:30:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.cec.eu.int (pslux.cec.eu.int [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:30:40 +0100 Message-ID: <20081111103040.94946nhqswycg4ws@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:30:40 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Boris Samorodov References: <02140738@bb.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <02140738@bb.ipt.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.3) / FreeBSD-8.0 X-BPAnet-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: EB70A2E1E0.DFBFA X-BPAnet-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-BPAnet-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, ORDB-RBL, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-13.504, required 6, BAYES_00 -15.00, DKIM_SIGNED 0.00, DKIM_VERIFIED -0.00, MIME_QP_LONG_LINE 1.40, RDNS_DYNAMIC 0.10) X-BPAnet-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Is a new port acceptable (PR/126872) X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:31:01 -0000 Quoting Boris Samorodov (from Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:49:17 +0300)= : > Hello All, > > > there is a PR to create a new linux port: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dports/126872 > > This port seems to be an infrastructure linux port. Usually we create > new infrastructure linux ports when they are needed to run some other > linux application. This port is not required by any. Hence I'm not > sure if this port is needed. > > Should this port be committed? What do you think? Thanks! What about asking the submitter how this is supposed to be used? So far I haven't come up with a situation where it makes sense to =20 commit it. If it is used in a chroot, then I would assume one of the =20 gentoo linux base ports, and then the gentoo infrastructure should be =20 used to install it. If it is used as a stand-alone scripting language, =20 the native one should work too. If it is used from some linux binary =20 (linking to tcl libs), it would be interesting to know which binaries =20 are involved, and if there will be a port for them or not (if it is =20 some popular commercial package, there may be no port available soon, =20 but it would make sense to have the linux-tcl port in the tree). Bye, Alexander. --=20 A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that balances are correct. =09=09-- Princess Irulan, "Manual of Maud'Dib" http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137