From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 10 15:23:50 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 D474B106564A; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:23:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 304F98FC19; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:23:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkcjc3 with SMTP id jc3so5580357bkc.13 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:23:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=itgFg7tRi0qugPWS21nWZa3zIE4Lhm7mVuJPA8EAkvI=; b=Aa9nMBvk4DTSQy4adCkhk1rmB498ol/bfDZXqjFykOXmsZhqcjODUUz0+d8KM9M+FS RqKexJzCbW64TXVfeqIPK0a3z1Nx8nswFISvW+4ehdaBHQ9ZqNceKdQjmICYAfLrS8vP 2fCQVcB2a6VajnzG1yp6E6ZeP7Dih3rkGNHOzD4gR90ZA0nqq0cAUPIUSu2BO439WhK2 ITZyMVASQqnKu2YRpQrtSpJ3tM6ZhWUqzxthaAAoSjcgQtYvqg9yOcNTT982S+n9OSHp 1M1MP5N2ZWFKpUbASKRir6LLRHm8Om2tjmEDgn0MEOvi9PTQlYH6g9e5h5aEhadn2Zml c2Ww== Received: by 10.204.150.86 with SMTP id x22mr4976276bkv.136.1334071429271; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:23:49 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: utisoft@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.202.142 with HTTP; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:23:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <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> <20120410145632.GD73185@gahrfit.gahr.ch> From: Chris Rees Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:23:19 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: YI5d0EAX-B4-WPi_m7VF2I1ITlU Message-ID: To: gahr@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org 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 List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:23:50 -0000 On 10 April 2012 14:56, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > On 2012-Apr-10, 09:04, Jerry wrote: >> On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:40:09 -0500 >> Mark Linimon articulated: >> >> > 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. >> >> 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. > BUILD_ENV= PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=yes usually helps. Chris