Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:05:50 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org> To: CeDeROM <tomek.cedro@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shoud devel port be RC or GIT based? Message-ID: <20100226190550.311acdfc@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <3fcfb0ba1002141645h532fc790h96a93d1737673c23@mail.gmail.com> References: <3fcfb0ba1002141645h532fc790h96a93d1737673c23@mail.gmail.com>
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--Sig_/OA.kAwkyiOqYQSrx_qYQq2R Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:45:27 +0000 CeDeROM <tomek.cedro@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello world! >=20 > In a moments of hard testing just before a software release, releases > of a RC (Release Candidate) packages are done to alow some final > tests. I am wondering if it is convenient to create the devel port, to > allow better testing for non-freebsd-aware users. Would that be more > convenient to base such devel port on a RC releases, or directly the > GIT repository? Depends on the target. RCs are usually more polished, but if what you want to test is the GIT at some points in time ... Generally we don't encourage ports that build from $VCS checked-out sources, but having a -devel port based on a tarball made from checked-out is OK. > How would the dynamic pkg-plist file content look like in case of GIT > build? Would files built from GIT repository are to be installed in > /usr/local or some easry-to-remove specific location such as > /tmp/devel/portname ? PREFIX (which default to /usr/local). > Is it convenient at all to create GIT based devel port if the user > needs to use standard git procedure anyway to upload the > rewritten/updated files? Again it depend on what you want. --=20 IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" FreeBSD committer -> itetcu@FreeBSD.org, PGP Key ID 057E9F8B493A297B --Sig_/OA.kAwkyiOqYQSrx_qYQq2R Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkuH/28ACgkQJ7GIuiH/oeUgtgCglQBOVZhwtVsXppcM3r/+V+w5 CAwAn2CnKaVgTQQXitshj+JzY2Z7sGH0 =PRIB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/OA.kAwkyiOqYQSrx_qYQq2R--
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