From owner-cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 4 19:51:43 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 949D316A41F; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 19:51:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (jojo.ms-net.de [84.16.236.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19A6C43D6E; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 19:51:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (p54A5DFB5.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.223.181]) (authenticated bits=0) by www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j84JfiFS069001; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 21:41:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Magellan.Leidinger.net (Magellan.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.1]) by Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j84JokTN054327; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 21:50:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 21:50:45 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Jean-Yves Lefort Message-ID: <20050904215045.1fa907f5@Magellan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20050904204037.04bda915.jylefort@FreeBSD.org> References: <200509032046.j83KkpQL082427@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050904124420.545395cb@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <20050904171849.21d7613c.jylefort@FreeBSD.org> <20050904185122.29cc5e11@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <20050904204037.04bda915.jylefort@FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.13 (GTK+ 2.6.10; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, alejandro@varnet.biz, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/games Makefile ports/games/linux-ut2003-demo Makefile distinfo pkg-descr ports/games/linux-ut2003-demo/files ut2003-demo.in X-BeenThere: cvs-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 19:51:43 -0000 On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 20:40:37 +0200 Jean-Yves Lefort wrote: > On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 18:51:22 +0200 > Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > > On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 17:18:49 +0200 > > Jean-Yves Lefort wrote: > > > > > > > Log: > > > > > Add linux-ut2003-demo. > > > > > > > > Why is it necessary to generate the plist at install time? As far as I > > > > can see the port installs a fixed set of files and doesn't do any magic > > > > to prevent the installation of files depending on a complex set of > > > > options or the state of the moon. > > > > > > It reduces the size of the port by about 40kb, and eases future updates. > > > > We had a discussion on ports@ a while ago: As long as there are no very > > urgent reasons to use a install-time generated plist a maintainer > > should (as in: we point with fingers on you if you don't do it) use a > > static plist since it is more beneficial for most people. > > The pkg-plist/PLIST_*/MAN*/PORTDOCS/... set is not meant to be > human-readable. See x11/nvidia-driver/pkg-plist for an example. They are human-readable ATM and a lot of procedures rely on this. There are always exceptions, but the ut demo ports don't need to be an exception. Please reread the thread I mentioned before you come up with other arguments since it's beaten to death already. [suggestions about new metadata handling] This is out of the scope of what I want to discuss, feel free to start a new thread with a meaningful subject. Bye, Alexander. -- Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7