Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:08:40 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: tmclaugh@sdf.lonestar.org Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org>, ports@freebsd.org, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: GNOME 2.20.1 available for FreeBSD Message-ID: <op.t0rrkqoy9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <33390.208.206.3.254.1193340152.squirrel@webmail.freeshell.org> References: <1193281696.93212.22.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <47201113.7070901@gmail.com> <op.t0qinunw9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <47201324.9030903@gmail.com> <1193284997.93212.28.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <4720194C.9000008@gmail.com> <op.t0qkn2vv9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <47201D77.1050204@gmail.com> <1193287544.93212.33.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20071025151420.GA1451@hut.isi.edu> <33390.208.206.3.254.1193340152.squirrel@webmail.freeshell.org>
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:22:32 -0500, <tmclaugh@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 12:45:44AM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >>> On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 00:37 -0400, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: >>> > > <snip> >>> > > You will have to talk to the mono maintainer as we didn't touch >>> > > lang/mono port at all. >>> > >>> > Not to be pushy but since gnome is one the most commonly installed= >>> ports >>> > and mono is a required component shouldn't the responibility to ma= ke >>> > sure that all dependancies (even ones that are not your problem >>> > directly) build correctly? > > I keep two personal machines at home for FreeBSD work. One running 7 = and > one running 6 (currently down due to disk failure) and both have a > tinderbox along with multiple jails on them. RELENG_7 only branched > recently so I haven't even had much time to setup a FreeBSD 8 system. = = > I'm > not sure I will even have a FreeBSD 8 system anytime soon. I have no = = > more > free PCs at home and already need to purchase a new Linux box which I = = > keep > as a reference machine. I can scrap the FreeBSD 6 box and load FreeBS= D 8 > which I have thought about but that has its own issues. Do I drop = > testing > on what will become a legacy branch soon even though it is still widel= y > used? Mono's issues on FreeBSD have historically been thread related = so > do I want to drop the last branch with libpthread? > > If something breaks on a development branch it will get fixed but > typically at a slower rate. My personal opinion is my resources are > better spent making sure ports work on production branches rather than= a > development branch. People should expect breakage in a development > branch. They should be able to expect things work and have been > reasonably tested when using a production branch. > >>> We did a lot to verify GNOME builds correctly. Our tests were done >>> mainly on 6.X and 7.X (as 8.X is still a fairly new version). Since= >>> you're running bleeding edge code, you may run into problems. You n= eed >>> to report problems to the proper maintainers, and be patient. >> >> Mono has an 8.x problem as well. I sent this patch to the maintainer= >> yesterday. It works for me, but I haven't heard back. Folks runnin= g >> mono on -CURRENT are welcome to try it. >> >> >> -- >> Ted Faber >> http://www.isi.edu/~faber PGP: >> http://www.isi.edu/~faber/pubkeys.asc >> Unexpected attachment on this mail? See >> http://www.isi.edu/~faber/FAQ.html#SIG >> > > Just committed the fix. Thanks Ted. I haven't look at configure, so wondering how about do something like th= is? if ${OSVERSION} >=3D 700000 @${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|freebsd6|freebsd*|g' \ ${WRKSRC}/configure ${WRKSRC}/libgc/configure .endif If 6, 7 and 8 are same then a wildcard should take care of future versio= n = of FreeBSD to save your headache. Cheers, Mezz > tom -- = mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team - FreeBSD Multimedia Hat (ports, not src) http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org http://wiki.freebsd.org/multimedia - multimedia@FreeBSD.org
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