From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 4 22:30:21 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 646A316A4CE for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 22:30:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outbound0.sv.meer.net (outbound0.sv.meer.net [205.217.152.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 462D543D4C for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 22:30:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: from mail.meer.net (mail.meer.net [209.157.152.14]) j04MUJwN077724; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:30:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: from mail.meer.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.meer.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/meer) with ESMTP id j04MUGt2098093; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:30:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: (from jrhett@localhost) by mail.meer.net (8.12.1/8.12.10) id j04MUEg0098087; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:30:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:30:14 -0800 From: Joe Rhett To: Kris Kennaway Message-ID: <20050104223013.GD80900@meer.net> Mail-Followup-To: Kris Kennaway , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20041231190904.GA18620@meer.net> <20041231202929.GA13727@xor.obsecurity.org> <20041231235755.GA67655@meer.net> <20050101012200.GA95056@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050101012200.GA95056@xor.obsecurity.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: Meer.net LLC cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports directories are broken again? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 22:30:21 -0000 On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 05:22:00PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > It provides a link to where the package would be if it exists. The > web frontend has no knowledge of which packages are available at any > given point in time because this set fluctuates on a daily basis, so > the frontend is always going to have windows where it's out of date > with respect to what's on the ftp site. I'm sorry, but clue me in here. You are saying that the online database of ports has no idea what is in the ports tree? We're not talking about "daily" or "hourly" fluctuation. We're talking about a package that "hasn't been available for years" for a version of the operating system that is less than 6 months old. > One could imagine changing this with some hard work, or at least > improving the documentation, but that's how things are today. You're > welcome to submit a PR with your suggestion on how to change the > documentation to annotate this. It's not a documentation issue, it's an accuracy issue. Is there a port or not? Is there a package for the port, or not? -- Joe Rhett Senior Geek Meer.net