From owner-freebsd-java Wed Aug 28 6:58: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A65E837B400; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 06:58:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mgr5.xmission.com (mgr5.xmission.com [198.60.22.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9680D43E75; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 06:58:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from mail by mgr5.xmission.com with spam-scanned (Exim 3.35 #1) id 17k3Kc-0003xC-00; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 07:58:02 -0600 Received: from [207.135.128.145] (helo=misty.eyesbeyond.com) by mgr5.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 17k3Ka-0003wy-00; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 07:58:01 -0600 Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g7SDUI859344; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 23:00:18 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 22:58:58 +0930 From: Greg Lewis To: Dylan Carlson Cc: Ernst de Haan , Calvin Varney , freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Port/package guidelines (Ant) Message-ID: <20020828225858.A59324@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <200208170958.14422.absinthe@pobox.com> <200208270601.27637.absinthe@pobox.com> <200208271220.18256.znerd@FreeBSD.org> <200208271225.40211.absinthe@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200208271225.40211.absinthe@pobox.com>; from absinthe@pobox.com on Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 12:25:40PM -0400 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.1 required=8.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,X_AUTH_WARNING version=2.31 X-Spam-Level: Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 12:25:40PM -0400, Dylan Carlson wrote: > On Tuesday 27 August 2002 06:20am, Ernst de Haan wrote: > > Yeah, good point! We could even have -cvs ports in addition to the existing > > -devel ports :-) > > We should absolutely look to doing that. If someone is using a -devel port > they are specifically looking for bleeding edge code, and CVS is as good as > it gets. The only problem is that this completely violates one of the main port security measures, checksumming of the downloaded source code. In addition you'll also lose tracking of port changes and upgrading with a tool like portupgrade. Basically, noone is going to either update checksums for every single source file each time a commit happens or bump PORTREVISION. Even if they were to do that it would raise a huge outcry since it would bloat the ports repository a lot. Think of the packing list updates too. Basically a port which downloads source from CVS is essentially not a port in the current sense of the word since it doesn't fit within the current ports architecture and tools. IMO, of course. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message