From owner-svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 13 14:28:23 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2BDD4A62; Tue, 13 May 2014 14:28:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from apnoea.adamw.org (apnoea.adamw.org [204.109.59.150]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 925672B98; Tue, 13 May 2014 14:28:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.2.1] (dhcp-108-170-169-12.cable.user.start.ca [108.170.169.12]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by apnoea.adamw.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6D28A11FB55; Tue, 13 May 2014 10:28:21 -0400 (EDT) From: "Adam Weinberger" To: "Montgomery-Smith, Stephen" Subject: Re: svn commit: r353900 - head/math/sage Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 10:28:19 -0400 Message-ID: <7F000171-71E3-439F-9252-1F1E7A2730E1@adamw.org> In-Reply-To: <537226E5.3050106@missouri.edu> References: <201405122148.s4CLmHuC073536@svn.freebsd.org> <53717BE3.5020100@missouri.edu> <537224CE.9090102@missouri.edu> <537226E5.3050106@missouri.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Mailer: MailMate (1.8r4214) Cc: "svn-ports-head@freebsd.org" , Eitan Adler , "svn-ports-all@freebsd.org" , Adam Weinberger , "ports-committers@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: svn-ports-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 14:28:23 -0000 On 13 May 2014, at 10:06, Montgomery-Smith, Stephen wrote: > Thanks for fixing it. > > Look, you do make some good points. I'll really try to think of > better > ways to achieve the same thing. I already came to the conclusion that > the 60 second wait is too long. > > But it is also a port that is somewhat non-functional. It doesn't > build > with FreeBSD-10. And recently I tried updating it to version 6.2, and > this looks like it is also going to be problematical. There are many > issues with it. That's why I am not in a big hurry to get things > fixed. > > But I do get your points, and I am listening. > > Also, you could have done a spoof post of the same nature. And then I > would have got the joke, and not become furious. Stepping on someone > else's port is not a good joke to make. If you want people to avoid staging and packaging, just tell them to install it via pkg install. Due to the fact that the source tarball is 400 MB, you can safely assume that the pre-everything: will have a 60 second pauses during both fetching, extraction, and probably checksum too. Don't forget to breathe. # Adam -- Adam Weinberger adamw@adamw.org http://www.adamw.org