Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:23:26 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org, Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/multimedia/acidrip Makefile ports/math/algotutor Makefile ports/sysutils/apt Makefile ports/graphics/asciio Makefile ports/devel/autodia Makefile ports/www/awffull Makefile ports/devel/bazaar Makefile ports/www/bigbluebutton Mak Message-ID: <20120123062326.GA19285@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4F1CE7C7.5040706@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAF6rxg=Wnh90=Nr0iuaz_HjWfenavuq1FqAHJ6Q3KpQs4sUrHA@mail.gmail.com> <4F1CE7C7.5040706@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 08:53:27PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > On 01/22/2012 08:00, Eitan Adler wrote: > > The concern is that someone would add something extra to BUILD_DEPENDS > > without thinking about it and thus add extra bogus RUN_DEPENDS. > > That's just plain stupid. We don't remove useful tools because > developers might make a mistake with them, especially one that's so > incredibly unlikely to happen. Big +1. This is like admitting that we're too dumb to realize the difference between assignment operators and therefore we disband its usage. I would say instead, learn your tools and stop considering everyone stupid. > > I'm uncertain if there other additional reasons that portmgr dislikes := > > Hopefully before any more changes are made there will be public > discussion about it. I also believe this goes a bit beyond portmgr@ competence as it has nothing to do with building packages. portmgr@ is not entitled to make this kind of technical changes, and never was. ./danfe
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