From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 6 01:53:01 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AD4137B401 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 01:53:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-67-115-75-172.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.115.75.172]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 612A743F85 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 01:52:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from rot13.obsecurity.org (rot13.obsecurity.org [10.0.0.5]) by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F3E666B9B; Tue, 6 May 2003 01:52:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by rot13.obsecurity.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E5EE31241; Tue, 6 May 2003 01:52:57 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 01:52:57 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Jordan K Hubbard Message-ID: <20030506085257.GA40932@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <20030506073032.GJ38939@rot13.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i cc: ports@freebsd.org cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: [kris@FreeBSD.org: cvs commit: ports/net/cvsupit Makefile] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 08:53:01 -0000 --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 12:59:40AM -0700, Jordan K Hubbard wrote: > Sorry, I simply haven't fixed it yet since I'm now having a hard time =20 > deciding, upon further reflection, whether I shouldn't just kill that =20 > stupid port. cvsupit started life as a crufty quick hack meant to fill = =20 > a short-term purpose (get newbies introduced to cvsup at the time) and = =20 > doesn't serve the longer-term purpose of making cvsup easy to use =20 > throughout FreeBSD's lifetime. >=20 > To do that, if it's even desired, will require release engineering =20 > assistance to spit out customized cvsupfiles which match whichever tags = =20 > are currently in vogue, present dynamic menus of available choices, =20 > etc. In short, if people really want "cvsupit-like" functionality for = =20 > the long-term then they're just going to have to embed it into the =20 > "process chain" for release engineering somehow and not just rely on =20 > some crufty port staying in sync. The "keep the crufty port in sync" =20 > approach has worked for awhil, but it just isn't practical, IMO, to =20 > continue doing so any longer. That's unless someone else really has a = =20 > strong lust to step forward and take the cvsupit port over for further = =20 > life-support efforts. I believe it's still widely used, so if we need to find a new maintainer then we should ask around. Kris --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+t3fpWry0BWjoQKURAhcDAKC6OU/z5Tz0Pk2hyZXcWAqarODo+QCgsDtV VdKerrRdzP1FJFehLMrI31c= =BRE3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE--