Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:40:13 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Cc: "Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@juniper.net>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, Bryan Drewery <bryan@shatow.net> Subject: Re: [CFT/RFC]: refactor bsd.prog.mk to understand multiple programs instead of a singular program Message-ID: <CAF6rxgmcJ%2Bj3RG=A6snizCi1t0eEiu3erP9RWMUtzaLXyW2bOA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADLo83_DHJB1BMMscMYQxinqQjSKmboadA3pi=zhrQzf5%2Bx7MQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <201210020750.23358.jhb@freebsd.org> <201210021037.27762.jhb@freebsd.org> <CAGH67wQffjVHqFw_eN=mfeg-Ac2Z6XBT5Hv72ev0kjjx7YH7SA@mail.gmail.com> <127FA63D-8EEE-4616-AE1E-C39469DDCC6A@xcllnt.net> <20121025211522.GA32636@dragon.NUXI.org> <3F52B7C9-A7B7-4E0E-87D0-1E67FE5D0BA7@xcllnt.net> <CAGH67wRw_n2_KwVz=DZkMpeJ4t8mMf965nxehHsDV-mzTnn5cA@mail.gmail.com> <CADLo839EUTF9bP8VD3L1_boY8i-w8B87yHGRR7Zx6wONFnSnEQ@mail.gmail.com> <20121025221244.GG3808@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <20121026181152.GC44331@dragon.NUXI.org> <CADLo838vSnYm3LMr_6maQipAYtBTX%2BCCyEhC053cj_amgNJH=g@mail.gmail.com> <CADLo83-d0tDN8k5Lv9c5=6vQawVHSHZENfTpKzxe61OYqqxSeA@mail.gmail.com> <20121026204910.E1FFA58094@chaos.jnpr.net> <CADLo8383Y823kqKgBLHfx9CdCDuZQgVQSYwfuWq_29Hq7cYv=Q@mail.gmail.com> <20121026233225.54FB858094@chaos.jnpr.net> <CADLo839LZOdMp%2B%2B3PnbN91%2B5Lfzvm=_GNRRfVdVATYcXm9BVJg@mail.gmail.com> <CADLo838geLFZT4EH8sPuichUn8cw7D8pBQOgiQbEu2BCuTDwiw@mail.gmail.com> <508BF062.8020101@shatow.net> <CADLo83_DHJB1BMMscMYQxinqQjSKmboadA3pi=zhrQzf5%2Bx7MQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 27 October 2012 10:34, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> wrote: >> This "weeks" is making a assumptions that users 1. reads ports@ or 2. >> Update to security/errata patches in a timely manner or 3. Read UPDATING > > Quite. This should be at least a few months, otherwise we're making > unreasonable requests of our users, and yet again annoy them by > breaking older versions-- this time with no real benefit for > end-users. +1 I would venture to guess that most of our users don't even read -announce. In addition there are non-ports concerns here. Many people probably have custom Makefiles they use for their own projects which may rely on existing behavior. -- Eitan Adler
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