Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:49:45 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> To: Ganael LAPLANCHE <martymac@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r316102 - in head/emulators/dolphin-emu-devel: . files Message-ID: <CAF6rxgme6zpAs9gB3oNcoNupFVSMRYTAoZxhbJPkNHD3gKEH1A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130419150333.M65185@FreeBSD.org> References: <201304191335.r3JDZF4B031649@svn.freebsd.org> <20130419134935.GA29457@FreeBSD.org> <20130419150333.M65185@FreeBSD.org>
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On 19 April 2013 11:15, Ganael LAPLANCHE <martymac@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:49:35 +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote > > Hi Alexey, > >> I would say this is rather bogus BROKEN message: it's totally >> unclear what exactly "i386-specific option" is: assembler >> instruction, compiler option, or something else. > > This is an old one that has been re-ordered, see : > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/emulators/dolphin-emu-devel/Makefile.diff?r1=1.2;r2=1.3 > > and to be honest, I am not sure whether Dolphin is still BROKEN or not > on PowerPC, as it should now be buildable on (e.g.) Android devices too. > >> This is not only bad because perhaps NOT_FOR_ARCHS might suit >> better in this case, but also because it does not encourage >> some brave soul who might pass by this port to attempt to fix >> it. Vague hints tend to give these "oh well, maybe later" feelings. > > To encourage people to test the port on other archs, maybe something like : > > ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386 amd64 > ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON= Has only been tested on i386 and amd64 > > would be more explicit ? No. ONLY_FOR_* means that the port is *never intended* to work on any other platform. BROKEN ports are, in theory, periodically tested. -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams
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