From nobody Tue Jul 6 22:32:45 2021 X-Original-To: ports@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A2DD11D744E for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2021 22:32:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fuz@fuz.su) Received: from fuz.su (fuz.su [IPv6:2001:41d0:8:e508::1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "amnesiac", Issuer "amnesiac" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4GKHPf3mMpz3PHw for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2021 22:32:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fuz@fuz.su) Received: from fuz.su (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fuz.su (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTPS id 166MWjpI007871 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2021 00:32:45 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from fuz@fuz.su) Received: (from fuz@localhost) by fuz.su (8.16.1/8.16.1/Submit) id 166MWjLA007870 for ports@freebsd.org; Wed, 7 Jul 2021 00:32:45 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from fuz) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2021 00:32:45 +0200 From: Robert Clausecker To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Supply difficult to build assets as an extra distfile? Message-ID: List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ports List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4GKHPf3mMpz3PHw X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of fuz@fuz.su designates 2001:41d0:8:e508::1 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=fuz@fuz.su X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.30 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[2001:41d0:8:e508::1:from]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[ports@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.82)[0.818]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[2001:41d0:8:e508::1:from:127.0.2.255]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[fuz.su]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.22)[-0.219]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16276, ipnet:2001:41d0::/32, country:FR]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[ports]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N Greetings! As requested on reddit [1], I would like to make a port for WriteFreely [2], a "publishing platform for writers." While the project itself is an easily ported Go program, it requires assets to be generated using a Node.js tool as a part of the build. [3] Unfortunately that means having to wrangle with NPM to get the code generated in a fixed version and that seems very hard. Would it be acceptable to generate these assets on my machine and roll them into a distfile so the port can be built without involving any NPM shenanigans? I would add a makefile target to generate said distfile so committers can audit that the distfile has been generated correctly. Please let me know how to proceed here. Yours, Robert Clausecker [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/o7px9b/-/h31pg0w/ [2]: https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely [3]: https://writefreely.org/docs/latest/developer/setup -- () ascii ribbon campaign - for an 8-bit clean world /\ - against html email - against proprietary attachments