Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 19:13:20 -0500 From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> To: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: QUICK RESPONCE NEEDED: Netscape 4.72 handling Message-ID: <20000227191320.B21819@shadow.blackdawn.com> In-Reply-To: <38B9950A.2A0A13@gorean.org>; from Doug@gorean.org on Sun, Feb 27, 2000 at 01:20:10PM -0800 References: <20000227113708.A18632@dragon.nuxi.com> <38B9950A.2A0A13@gorean.org>
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On Sun, Feb 27, 2000 at 01:20:10PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> David O'Brien wrote:
> > I'd like to update Netscape offering on the DEC Alpha to version 4.72.
> > Should I do this upgrade in as the netscape47-* ports, or do we need to
> > repo copy netscape47-* to netscape472-* ? Personally, I see 4.72 as a
> > minor update to 4.7 and would just assume keep the port names the same.
If nothing else, I agree with this handling (that the netscape47 port
would keep its name).
> Personally I think we should eliminate all of the netscapeN* ports. I
> don't see any reason to keep the really old versions.
I agree with Doug here. I think that the following:
linux-netscape4
linux-netscape4[6,7]-communicator
netscape3
netscape3-gold
netscape4[5,6]-[navigator,communicator[.us]]
netscape47-[navigator,communicator].us
should be wiped out and combined into two ports:
navigator4
communicator4
linux-navigator4
linux-communicator4
I honestly do not see any reason why knobs cannot be added to the ports
to allow U.S. security features, or whatever. I also don't see any point
in prefixing the names with "netscape". I would go even farther as to
put the Linux option as a knob, but I feel that we would lose the
packages for the Linux versions.
What do you think?
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