From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Feb 12 16:16:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from shale.csir.co.za (shale.csir.co.za [146.64.46.5]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75F933FFA for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 16:16:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from granite.hip.berkeley.edu (granite.hip.berkeley.edu [136.152.155.25]) by shale.csir.co.za (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA42899; Sun, 13 Feb 2000 02:16:06 +0200 (SAT) (envelope-from reg@shale.csir.co.za) Received: (from reg@localhost) by granite.hip.berkeley.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA60300; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 16:15:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from reg) Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 16:15:56 -0800 From: Jeremy Lea To: Richard Wackerbarth Cc: Will Andrews , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/ports/ too big? Message-ID: <20000212161556.D51878@shale.csir.co.za> References: <20000209215806.M99353@abc.123.org> <20000212142232.B14775@shadow.blackdawn.com> <38A5BE37.1965CB96@gorean.org> <00021215021001.02300@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <00021215021001.02300@localhost.localdomain>; from rkw@dataplex.net on Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 02:38:01PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 02:38:01PM -0600, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > I would suggest that we replace each port with a single FILE which contains a > description and the designator of the port. > > The makefiles and patches, etc. for a particular port can then be kept in an > 'ar'chive which gets expanded only while building. These archives don't even > need to be fetched until someone wants to build the port. How well does CVS handle ar files? ie, is a one line change a one line diff... Remember, people need to maintain these, and we do that through CVS. We *really* do not want to move away from a central port's repository. Personally, I like the idea of moving to a flat port 'delta'. Although I'd go two steps further, and make COMMENT the first line of DESCR and only have a single patch per port. -Jeremy -- FreeBSD - Because the best things in life are free... http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message