From owner-freebsd-java Wed Aug 28 7:26:11 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 6082737B400 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 07:26:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zaphod.euronet.nl (zaphod.euronet.nl [194.134.168.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E92F43E42 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 07:26:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ernst@zaphod.euronet.nl) Received: from zaphod.euronet.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zaphod.euronet.nl (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7SEQ9YU092140; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 16:26:09 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ernst@zaphod.euronet.nl) Received: (from ernst@localhost) by zaphod.euronet.nl (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7SEQ8x8092139; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 16:26:08 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Ernst de Haan To: Greg Lewis , Dylan Carlson Subject: Re: Port/package guidelines (Ant) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 16:26:08 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 Cc: Calvin Varney , freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200208170958.14422.absinthe@pobox.com> <200208271225.40211.absinthe@pobox.com> <20020828225858.A59324@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <20020828225858.A59324@misty.eyesbeyond.com> X-Address: Muiderstraat 1, Amsterdam, Netherlands MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200208281626.08129.znerd@FreeBSD.org> 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 Greg, You're absolutely right. I didn't think it over carefully and now that I do I must admit it may be Unwise(TM) to have -cvs ports... Ernst On Wednesday 28 August 2002 15:28, Greg Lewis wrote: > 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. -- Ernst de Haan EuroNet Internet B.V. "Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message