From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 04:23:55 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58E93596 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 04:23:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oi0-x235.google.com (mail-oi0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c06::235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 17F77F25 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 04:23:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oi0-f53.google.com with SMTP id g201so5660029oib.12 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2015 20:23:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=AYp3Nz5lSoD/atwCe6T0beY9EUUaClcXj2aS10SWY/0=; b=wEyv70mGSddzu5/SKBWgkG4LrTVSz2ZoVO0b+P8+q56Xzc9zZVvCQeeAw/f2ZrJVyY mKBpAwCFm9ssthguB7vBNqV4cmpyRqLYDWKmJ2pJGQ53MLXtpGDgdnlccyxH/Ph055QV E//JmHGAFFVE63SxECU9QyfYU7Mi1pe4jzEEMCyyT6te/6OBhuYIeGiiqEHFgOwYQfJE n7gqJbH9hk/LPpqJrWbJ9CLbgXfJ0kFgZV3K+F4KKUJvHDwv/LzfrOF2IpbiMgTDKyKw P/c0kn0F5Hbm8adqBJIc8F+9hOjn2SkTL6pbdlz+OGG8x1yYlcdxw/B+REPpMaF/0rHK kLVg== X-Received: by 10.182.247.99 with SMTP id yd3mr1263878obc.24.1421209434415; Tue, 13 Jan 2015 20:23:54 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: royce.williams@gmail.com Received: by 10.202.89.132 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Jan 2015 20:23:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <11d7a317963ba0a1a0223a24bcde55e1@ultimatedns.net> References: <2A3ABE9AE68B3CE8E1B7C1A1@ogg.in.absolight.net> <20150113163325.3A8FCBDC24@prod2.absolight.net> <67897B782F897C2A66FCD458@atuin.in.mat.cc> <20150113233952.BF862BDC24@prod2.absolight.net> <20150114031155.572A5529@hub.freebsd.org> <11d7a317963ba0a1a0223a24bcde55e1@ultimatedns.net> From: Royce Williams Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 19:23:34 -0900 X-Google-Sender-Auth: FkxDsn40ilcnBYwDRQxZLQMT2ic Message-ID: Subject: Re: BIND REPLACE_BASE option To: Chris H Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 04:23:55 -0000 On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 7:15 PM, Chris H wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 19:11:50 -0800 (PST) Roger Marquis > wrote > >> > The dialog option you talk about says: >> > [ ] REPLACE_BASE EOL, no longer supported >> > I'm quite sure the end-user you're talking about can get a clue from it, >> > and if he either already had selected it before, or he just selected it, he >> > will get: >> > ===> bind99-9.9.6P1_3 REPLACE_BASE is no longer supported. >> > The end-user can then get another clue and maybe unselect it. >> >> Maybe you're right but, to perhaps better illustrate the point, you would >> never see something like this in Ubuntu, Debian, Redhat, or SuSE. > Honestly. Need I remind you, this is FreeBSD, *not* Linux? > In all honesty, I am *not* pleased with the current efforts to > turn the FreeBSD motto "The Power to Serve" into > "FreeBSD, it's the new Linux". But I [begrudgingly] understand the > inclination to do so. The Power to Serve can only be brought to bear if a small-shop sysadmin isn't afraid to touch their ports. > That said. While I understand your inclination to think FreeBSD > must somehow be broken, when it doesn't operate as you're accustomed > with Linux. This is FreeBSD, after all, and as hard as everyone works > to eliminate the element of surprise, this is still FreeBSD. > So celebrate the difference. Don't curse it, or more importantly; > it's hard working developers. :) None of this is intended to disparage the teams. Royce