From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 29 08:05:02 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A071416A46C for ; Tue, 29 May 2007 08:05:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-3-125.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.3.125]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BAF913C469 for ; Tue, 29 May 2007 08:05:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l4T84vQq053845; Tue, 29 May 2007 18:04:57 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l4T84twC053844; Tue, 29 May 2007 18:04:55 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 18:04:55 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Bakul Shah Message-ID: <20070529080455.GM1161@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <4659EF80.70100@math.missouri.edu> <20070527231254.D0C325B5E@mail.bitblocks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Qrgsu6vtpU/OV/zm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070527231254.D0C325B5E@mail.bitblocks.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) Cc: ports@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for speed increases in "make index" and pkg_version for ports 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, 29 May 2007 08:05:02 -0000 --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 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--