Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:23:19 +0000 From: Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org> To: gahr@freebsd.org 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 ... Message-ID: <CADLo838wAWpJQW4nw_kDSD-n3QRA_RuH4kcKTjTH93Szyag8wg@mail.gmail.com> 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> <CAOfEmZgaagMqBq_690E9a4yo=vJ6Lnet-PAOrHi6c8e2xpfrTA@mail.gmail.com> <20120410124009.GE5264@lonesome.com> <20120410090424.5511702c@scorpio> <20120410145632.GD73185@gahrfit.gahr.ch>
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On 10 April 2012 14:56, Pietro Cerutti <gahr@freebsd.org> 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
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