From owner-ctm-users@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 5 05:53:35 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ctm-users@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8254106564A for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 05:53:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rik@inse.ru) Received: from ns.rikbsd.org (ns.rikbsd.org [95.143.215.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62B138FC0A for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 05:53:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (wn.rikbsd.org [192.168.1.254]) by ns.rikbsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id F11275D54A; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 06:37:28 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4EDC5A5F.4080707@inse.ru> Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:45:03 +0400 From: Roman Kurakin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20110906) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith References: <4EDBD1D1.2080802@missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <4EDBD1D1.2080802@missouri.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "ctm-users@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Move ctm to ports? X-BeenThere: ctm-users@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CTM User discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:53:35 -0000 Hi, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > How would people feel about removing ctm and mkctm from the base > system, and making it into a port? Please check the discussion about CVS on current@. The problem with ports that they are detached from the base and they are not always out of the box. > > One advantage is that changes to ctm (like allowing different > compression programs, or incorporating svn into ctm) can be made > relatively quickly. If the ports the only way for development of ctm, I suggest to try to make it modular and keep the base functionality out of the box as it is. The rest could be addon-ports. CTM from my point of view is the bootstrapping tool and it should not be removed from the base. rik > For example, the following PR has not been acted upon: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/159665 > > Also, if I want svn incorporated into ctm, then it will need the > subversion port as a dependency. > > What would the disadvantages be? > _______________________________________________ > ctm-users@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/ctm-users > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "ctm-users-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"