From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 4 09:33:01 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FA06106564A for ; Tue, 4 May 2010 09:33:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cxtim@live.com) Received: from col0-omc1-s9.col0.hotmail.com (col0-omc1-s9.col0.hotmail.com [65.55.34.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F06858FC20 for ; Tue, 4 May 2010 09:32:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from COL105-W41 ([65.55.34.7]) by col0-omc1-s9.col0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Tue, 4 May 2010 02:32:59 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [207.6.154.43] From: Tim A To: , , , , Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 04:32:59 -0500 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: References: , , <4BDF1F8D.4090401@gmail.com> <20100503230127.58979b9f@it.buh.tecnik93.com>, MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 May 2010 09:32:59.0519 (UTC) FILETIME=[C90788F0:01CAEB6C] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: RE: Dixit port bad management 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, 04 May 2010 09:33:01 -0000 Hi Matthias=2C Thank you for the email and your efforts.=20 I have no problem with anything. Otherwise=2C your logic is wrong. At leas= t one person was interested.=20 Best=2C Tim=20 =20 > Subject: Fwd: Re: Dixit port bad management > To: cxtim@live.com > Date: Tue=2C 4 May 2010 09:36:33 +0200 > From: matthias.andree@gmx.de >=20 > Hi Tim=2C >=20 > I am writing this just so the announcement doesn't get lost and double=20 > effort is wasted... please see below=2C unless you've seen it on the list= =20 > already. For further discussion=2C please continue using the=20 > ports@freebsd.org mailing list. >=20 > HTH > Matthias > (mandree@freebsd.org) >=20 > ------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ------- > Von: "Ion-Mihai Tetcu" > An: "Rene Ladan" > Kopie: ports@freebsd.org=2C "Garrett Cooper" > Betreff: Re: Dixit port bad management > Datum: Mon=2C 03 May 2010 22:01:27 +0200 >=20 > On Mon=2C 03 May 2010 21:10:05 +0200 > Rene Ladan wrote: >=20 > > On 03-05-2010 21:00=2C Garrett Cooper wrote: > > > On Sun=2C May 2=2C 2010 at 12:59 PM=2C Tim A wrote: > > >> > > >> 1) I don't understand why the Textproc/Dixit port is so badly > > >> managed. The program itself is at version 10.4=2C while your > > >> unprofessional port still stays at version 1.0.1=2C claiming that > > >> the GCC 4.2 compilation is broken. > > >> > > >> 2) I don't understand either why you don't use Dixit sourceforge > > >> RSS feeds to know when a new version is available. > > >> > > >> 3) I don't understand how your Dixit port points to files which > > >> don't exist anymore. > > >> > > >> 4) I don't understand the suprematism attitude of the maintainers > > >> in charge=2C who don't give a penny on the programs they are suppose > > >> to maintain. They are only interested in the statistics generated > > >> by their unprofessional ports=2C but not in their quality. > > > > > > Tim=2C > > > > > > Here's a start. I'll leave it as an exercise for you to fix the rest > > > of the bits=3B I at least got you past the fun sites change in the > > > extract part=2C but the path for ${_DB_D} with what's setup in the > > > Makefile differs from reality (the current path is: > > > ${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/project/dixit/dixit_qdb/dixit.qdb.tar.bz2 =2C not > > > ${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/project/dixit/dixit/10.4/dixit.qdb.tar.bz2 )=3B > > > you probably don't want to pull the potentially out-of-sync zip > > > file from ftp*.freebsd.org =2C especially because we can decompress a > > > tarball natively without installing archivers/unzip . > > > > > > I've trimmed out a lot of the fud=2C but you'll probably have to do > > > some hacking to get the project to work with QT3 or QT4 (hopefully > > > the latter). > > > > > > The porter's handbook [1] is your guide as well as make(1) [2]. > > > > > > After that=2C run `make makesum all install ' . Submit a PR with the > > > diffs for all of the files if it works to your liking. > > > > > Before running 'make install'=2C run 'port test' to see if the port is > > nicely formatted and that the package contents is correct=2C meaning it > > doesn't leave files behind on uninstall or tries to uninstall files > > which don't exist. >=20 > Blah=2C don't loose the time on this. You won't get any PR anyway. >=20 > I committed an update to the port=2C which almost works in this version > (except the menus=2C and that might be a question of fonts/locale). >=20 > Then tomorrow I'll nicely drop maintainership and schedule it for > deletion=2C no body being interested in it and me being so unprofessional= . >=20 > Damn=2C there goes my record! >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Matthias Andree =20 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Dating: Find someone special. Start now. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9729707=