From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 07:50:48 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38C351065675; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:50:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.delphij.net (delphij-pt.tunnel.tserv2.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f03:2c9::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3D4B8FC16; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:50:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org (tarsier.geekcn.org [211.166.10.233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.delphij.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E13B528449; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:50:46 +0800 (CST) Received: from localhost (tarsier.geekcn.org [211.166.10.233]) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C715EC479C; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:50:46 +0800 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at geekcn.org Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org ([211.166.10.233]) by localhost (mail.geekcn.org [211.166.10.233]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id lMljgVHhZVzZ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:50:41 +0800 (CST) Received: from charlie.delphij.net (c-67-188-86-134.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.188.86.134]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3217FEC46B6; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:50:39 +0800 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=default; d=delphij.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:organization:user-agent: mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to: x-enigmail-version:openpgp:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=FS2ggHYUphjA+lffAazBitVvqtRppGZnOO90Cwyt9UbqiWxhyK4N35gfsgQEmd/E3 D4/xd3xYT1OtaTtYzlvjA== Message-ID: <496C47CD.7030701@delphij.net> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:50:37 -0800 From: Xin LI Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090112) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stanislav Sedov References: <20090112200128.GA85280@freebsd.org> <20090113100623.493b3b43.stas@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20090113100623.493b3b43.stas@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=18EDEBA0; url=http://www.delphij.net/delphij.asc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Roman Divacky , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC]: flex/lex update X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: d@delphij.net List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:50:48 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stanislav Sedov wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:01:28 +0100 > Roman Divacky mentioned: > >> hi > >> I noticed there is an update to lex/flex. The version in our tree >> is ancient and there seems to be some updates (http://flex.sourceforge.net/) > >> Can someone comment on the state of lex in our tree? It's not considered >> a contributed software (it resides in usr.bin) but it was taken from elsewhere. > >> what is our position? is it preferable for me to work on updating it or >> just fixing the one bug I ran into? > >> thnx! > >> roman > > Are there any benefits in updating? Does it worth the hassle? We have this > version of flex in ports for those who needs extended features. > > If there're no critical echancements/fixes in the updated flex version I'd > prefer to stay with what we have and just fix the bugs encountered locally. My $0.02 personal opinion: if we (say, nobody among -committers@ or someone who is actively answering PRs if any) do not intend to maintain it ourselves, then it would be probably a good idea to make it up-to-date with the vendor version, or rename it to something like 'bsdlex' and teach the build infrastructure about it. Build tools should work out-of-the-box and act similar, or at least, not very far from other POSIX operating systems IMHO =-) Cheers, - -- Xin LI http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklsR80ACgkQi+vbBBjt66AwzgCgwmfKI5JMNKW+zQSMbpZg/ZmF eUAAn0n6VjVqztx4v7xUi/v/6iyfFTBy =dH/3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----