From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 25 18:54:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1531516A4CE for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:54:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from box7954.elkhouse.de (box7954.elkhouse.de [213.9.79.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 798D743D4C for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:54:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roman@ontographics.com) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (1Cust156.vr1.dtm1.alter.net [149.229.96.156]) (authenticated bits=0) by box7954.elkhouse.de (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9PIuQwO016997 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:56:27 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from roman@ontographics.com) From: Roman Kennke To: Gary Kline In-Reply-To: <20041025184746.GC95850@thought.org> References: <1098641975.705.10.camel@moonlight> <20041025083705.GA16273@anembo.nu.org> <20041025173456.GA95850@thought.org> <20041025184746.GC95850@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1098730448.672.8.camel@moonlight> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:54:09 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Matthias Andree cc: Christopher Vance cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELEASE_X_Y_Z branches/tags maintained?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:54:13 -0000 Am Mo, den 25.10.2004 schrieb Gary Kline um 20:47: > On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 07:48:55PM +0200, Roman Kennke wrote: > > Am Mo, den 25.10.2004 schrieb Gary Kline um 19:34: > > [[ ... ]] > > > > > yeah I know, I have created a _few_ ports myself. > > > > > Once you've done a few ports--either your own hacking > > > or someone else's--creating a port gets pretty easy. > > > Takes a few hours/port/architecture. Before aiming for > > > a separate project, it may pay to work within the ports > > > group for awhile. > > > > I'm just thinking over some ideas. Another idea is to go with NetBSDs > > pkgsrc instead, they also support FreeBSD and have a stable branch > > (although this needs some work to be maintained). The wheel hasn't to be > > reinvented X times ;-) > > > > What would it take to port over NetBSD's pkgsrc system? Actually the pkgsrc system supports FreeBSD. > Does it allow for automagic install of packages with > dependencies? (For humongous ports like OO or Gnome or KDE... .) yes. The pkgsrc system was originally a port from FreeBSDs ports system to NetBSD, as such it works very similar to it. Including automatically installing dependencies. It has some tradeoffs with automatic upgrading (no portupgrade tool yet). > If you can find a site, go for it. Don't need to > have everything in the tree, obviously. > > It might pay to write up some ideas in detail; then you'll > have a better idea of which will work. Just a thought. > ...EVen if your "bsdports.org" is the best idea of the century > it's still going to take volunteers--that's what bites. > (*sigh*) yeah. This is why I am collecting other ideas first. /Roman