Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 18:04:55 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for speed increases in "make index" and pkg_version for ports Message-ID: <20070529080455.GM1161@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20070527231254.D0C325B5E@mail.bitblocks.com> References: <4659EF80.70100@math.missouri.edu> <20070527231254.D0C325B5E@mail.bitblocks.com>
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--Qrgsu6vtpU/OV/zm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2007-May-27 16:12:54 -0700, Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> wrote: >Given the size and complexity of the port system I have long >felt that rather than do everything via more and more complex >Mk/*.mk what is is needed is a ports server and a thin CLI >frontend to it. I don't believe this is practical. Both package names and port dependencies depend on the options that are selected as well as what other ports are already installed. A centralised ports server is not going to have access to this information. --=20 Peter Jeremy --Qrgsu6vtpU/OV/zm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGW96n/opHv/APuIcRAkbWAJ43zRo5IXnrl9cQPopsH4WOY+9Z+wCgxE4S BIdmKkeF5ZwKH7q1+c7ijp8= =Ur1Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qrgsu6vtpU/OV/zm--
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