From owner-cvs-ports Sun Sep 7 17:24:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA20573 for cvs-ports-outgoing; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 17:24:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from earth.mat.net (root@earth.mat.net [206.246.122.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA20557; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 17:24:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Journey2.mat.net (journey2.mat.net [206.246.122.116]) by earth.mat.net (8.8.7/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA06438; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 20:24:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 20:24:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@Journey2.mat.net To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: "Jonathan M. Bresler" , Adam David , jfieber@indiana.edu, ache@nagual.pp.ru, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/www/netscape4 Makefile ports/www/netscape4/files md5 ports/www/netscape4/pkg PLIST In-Reply-To: <21261.873677698@time.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > yes, please one port for navigator and one for communicator. > > Ick. What's wrong with a hack similar to the GOLD variable currently > used to select Navigator or Navigator Gold? You could: > > cd /usr/ports/www/netscape4 > make all install MINIMAL=yes > > Or something? I understand (I think) but it doesn't feel appropriate here. They don't share distfiles, they have overlapping functions, but I don't think they're a whole lot closer than emacs/xemacs are. Seeing as a WHOLE LOT of our less experienced hackers both use the port AND don't clearly understand ports well enough to reliably navigate make variables, I don't see what the gain is, that it justifies the loss. I think this is used by too many of our less sophisticated users to go for it, myself. > > Jordan > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------