From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 10 14:56:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4D65106566B for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:56:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gahr@gahr.no-ip.org) Received: from cpanel05.rubas-s05.net (cpanel05.rubas-s05.net [195.182.222.75]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DF498FC08 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:56:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 175-3.192-178.cust.bluewin.ch ([178.192.3.175] helo=gahr.no-ip.org) by cpanel05.rubas-s05.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SHcUk-0000vL-Ee for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:56:34 +0200 Received: by gahr.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 529264505F; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:56:33 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:56:33 +0200 From: Pietro Cerutti To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120410145632.GD73185@gahrfit.gahr.ch> References: <201204092351.q39Npi6F025202@repoman.freebsd.org> <20120410091537.GK98668@gahrfit.gahr.ch> <20120410114537.GL17460@culot.org> <20120410115630.GB2456@lonesome.com> <20120410124009.GE5264@lonesome.com> <20120410090424.5511702c@scorpio> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="jCrbxBqMcLqd4mOl" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120410090424.5511702c@scorpio> X-PGP-Key: 0x9571F78E X-PGP-Fingerprint: 1203 92B5 3919 AF84 9B97 28D6 C0C2 6A98 9571 F78E User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel05.rubas-s05.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - gahr.no-ip.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/games/8kingdoms Makefile ports/misc/airoflash Makefile ports/graphics/autopano-sift Makefile ports/x11/avant-window-navigator-xfce4 Makefile ports/lang/boo Makefile ports/x11/cl-clx-sbcl Makefile ports/palm/coldsync ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gahr@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:56:36 -0000 --jCrbxBqMcLqd4mOl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2012-Apr-10, 09:04, Jerry wrote: > On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:40:09 -0500 > Mark Linimon articulated: >=20 > > Finally, I agree that FreeBSD can't "guarantee" any given ports will > > work, but I think we owe the users the effort to make sure if a port > > is included, it's at least not completely useless. >=20 > To "guarantee" that the port will work is certainly beyond the scope > of the ports system; however, to guarantee that it is fetch-able > and build-able is an implied action by the simple fact that it is > included in the ports structure. If, after a reasonable amount of time, > a solution for a port's inability to properly build or if the port is > just plain not able to be fetched, then it should be removed from the > port system. There is no upside to keeping ports that will not build, > or cannot be fetched. For the record, the port in question was fetchable / buildable / runnable. For some reason, some python class sometimes doesn't get byte-compiled, resulting in packaging (PLIST) errors. --=20 Pietro Cerutti The FreeBSD Project gahr@FreeBSD.org PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp --jCrbxBqMcLqd4mOl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (FreeBSD) iEUEARECAAYFAk+ESiAACgkQwMJqmJVx944HHgCfV3GJtIfR3vrlv0kj2c/bjHnx rhgAmMGnIbNg/2VGzGftishm35yZxC8= =yP0x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jCrbxBqMcLqd4mOl--