Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 11:24:49 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@freebsd.org> To: committers@freebsd.org Cc: hylafax@freebsd.org, gj@freebsd.org, asami@freebsd.org, Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh <itojun@itojun.org> Subject: ports/comms/hylafax Message-ID: <199706040924.LAA00597@desk.jhs.no_domain>
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Unfortunately the recent ports/comm/hylafax CVS work was mistaken,
the new port was simply dumped in place of the existing port,
with no prior contact to either:
<jhs@freebsd.org> the MAINTAINER= of the tried & tested port.
or <hylafax@freebsd.org> the mail list for ports/comms/hylafax.
It is premature to delete the old port, before the new wrapper is widely
tested, so please do the following CVS fix:
- Restore original ports/comm/hylafax from Attic
- Recommit new port as ports/comm/hylafax4
- Make a note in both ports/comm/hylafax*/Makefile
of mail forum <hylafax@freebsd.org>
Thanks to Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh for providing a new port for hylafax-4 :-)
I had recently on <hylafax@freebsd.org> called for someone to provide a port
for hylafax-4, as I was too busy to upgrade ports/comms/hylafax from V.3 soon.
There's been not one review of the new port on <hylafax@freebsd.org>.
Hylafax is a very complex port, with dependancies on many system interfaces
& other ports, so when things change, it is easy to damage &/or hard to check
complete functionality remains intact (much harder than merely checking
it compiles & appears to produce executable code).
I have long stated on <hylafax@freebsd.org> that when a new port was available,
(whether from me or someone else,) that it should go into ports/comms/hylafax4,
& that ports/comms/hylafax should remain for a long time, till the new port
was confirmed fully OK by a variety of different current & cd-rom users &
modem configurations etc. No one ever disagreed.
I don't care what the 2 are called/renamed: {hylafax & hylafax4} {3 & 4} etc,
just don't delete the old proven port yet ! Both should remain in ports/
(not just CVS) until wide test acceptance is reported on <hylafax@freebsd.org>.
(BTW I don't have CTM cvs-cur.3341.gz so can't look at commit logs localy yet.)
Ref. majordomo@freebsd.org definition:
hylafax FreeBSD specific aspects of Hylafax
I have set header of this mail:
To: committers@freebsd.org
cc: hylafax@freebsd.org, gj@freebsd.org, asami@freebsd.org,
Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh <itojun@itojun.org>
bcc: ports@freebsd.org
Julian
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