From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 10 00:15:24 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7478016A41F for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:15:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from lakecmmtao06.coxmail.com (lakecmmtao06.coxmail.com [68.99.120.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D24F443D46 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:15:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from dns1 ([64.58.171.82]) by lakecmmtao06.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20051010001523.MXEJ24491.lakecmmtao06.coxmail.com@dns1>; Sun, 9 Oct 2005 20:15:23 -0400 From: Vizion To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 17:10:52 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <200510071001.j97A1c23029414@freefall.freebsd.org> <200510091424.52316.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <200510092317.j99NHqL9007329@bright.research.att.com> In-Reply-To: <200510092317.j99NHqL9007329@bright.research.att.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200510091710.53533.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Cc: Bill Fenner Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfiles: shells/ksh93 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: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:15:24 -0000 On Sunday 09 October 2005 16:17, the author Bill Fenner contributed to the dialogue on- Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfiles: shells/ksh93: >>While you are looking at this issue -- is there any way a request to the >>port >>maintainer could be initiated, asking the maintainer to regularly check the >>status of the port when the port is broken (file cannot be fetched) to >> bring the port up todate? > >Normally, the distfile survey would send a periodic email to >maintainers of ports that are unfetchable; however, it doesn't >send email about ports that are marked "BROKEN". This has an >unfortunate interaction with ports that are marked BROKEN because >they're unfetchable. > >Fixing this interaction will go on my TODO list. > >>For example Zend cannot be fetched. I think what happened was Zend >>created a port of the Zend server which can install, right out of >>the box. The mistaken assumption seems to have been made that the the >>current ZendStudio file from Zend will also unpack without the need for >>a port. The fact is it does not. > >What it looks like to me is that Zend changed how you get the >evaluation version and the port didn't get updated. The port is >for 3_5_2 and the current version appears to be 4.0. Yes - the current studio version = ZendStudio-4_0_2.tar.gz with a beta= ZendStudio-5_0_0Beta2.tar.gz the server beta is ZendStudioServer-5.0.0Beta-freebsd5.1-i386.tar.gz This needs to fix the way it pushes php.iini to /usr/local/Zend/ and installs a symbolic link to that location from /usr/local/etc/ if many more people do that we will have a path to php.ini which goes through multiple symbolic links - not to mention the problems when we go across filing systems!! > >> I hate it when ports drop out of maintainence and finish up not being >>available. > >Me too. However, people can't always keep up with the things that >they'd like to do. I spent about 3 years not being a good port >maintainer and neglecting the distfile survey - other things came >up. Well we are all human except me and I never make a timsake :-) > >>Also installing as a port has significant benefits -- so how >>do we get a system that deals with these 'oddities'? > >Eliminate the people from the system?... I always thought starwars had some potential value!! david -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after completing engineroom refit.