Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 17:50:39 +0200 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: bmah@FreeBSD.org, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: Use @comment PLIST variable to track where installed packages came from [Was: Enhancement of pkg_version's version comparison routine] Message-ID: <3A1A99CE.F7ECE6BC@FreeBSD.org> References: <86k8by6eis.wl@archon.local.idaemons.org> <20000927002401.A73341@mithrandr.moria.org> <39D9D006.652DC258@FreeBSD.org> <20001003161027.B67542@mithrandr.moria.org> <39D9EE01.7A880665@FreeBSD.org> <200010031657.e93Gvtg10718@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <39DB17BB.12805565@FreeBSD.org> <200010060426.e964Qvx70814@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <39DE1A48.C7C8C9CF@FreeBSD.org> <vqc8zrx8nlp.fsf_-_@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <39E84F54.257664E5@FreeBSD.org> <39ED7741.BE909115@FreeBSD.org> <39EFEACA.F6215581@FreeBSD.org> <vqc8zrkkn9a.fsf@bubble.hip.berkeley.edu> <39F3E490.33CCCC61@FreeBSD.org> <200010251737.e9PHb0389114@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <39F71CD6.C7B5C8A9@FreeBSD.org> <200010251856.e9PIugC91054@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <39F83E4D.AB979DF0@FreeBSD.org> <200010261701.e9QH1RH70522@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <39FF0A3D.1B9E4D44@FreeBSD.org> <vqcvgu8wiba.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <200011030105.eA315Jm45961@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <3A1014CF.9C334FAC@FreeBSD.org>
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Maxim Sobolev wrote: > "Bruce A. Mah" wrote: > > > If memory serves me right, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote: > > > * From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> > > > > > > * Are you planning to commit that patch before 4.2 ports freeze? > > > > > > I'm not sure at this point. The freeze is coming up soon, and the > > > snap including this change to pkg_add just showed up since the MFC > > > wasn't done until yesterday. > > > > > > I can only get two (or at most three) good builds with the new code > > > before the freeze, so I'm not sure if it is safe enough to put it into > > > this release since this is a change that will affect virtually all > > > packages.... > > > > Hi Satoshi-- > > > > While on one hand I'd really like to see the new bsd.port.mk in the > > release (and I've been testing sobomax's patch for some weeks now so I > > personally feel pretty good about it), I also think that conservatism is > > a Good Thing (TM). I guess these two cancel each other out. > > > > As things stand right now, we have all the pkg_* changes already in > > -STABLE, so if you were to throw the switch on bsd.port.mk *after* the > > release, anyone running 4.2-RELEASE but cvsup-ing the ports collection > > should automatically get the benefits of the new code for any new ports > > they install or any packages that are built and pkg_add-ed after this > > point. (Don't know how significant that is, but it's the mode I used > > to run in until I started tracking -STABLE.) Satoshi, isn't it a right time now to pull the trigger? -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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