From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 8 11:11:20 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C62A1065674; Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:11:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (unknown [IPv6:2607:f678:1010::34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C6A18FC14; Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:11:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id q18BBJW0051104 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 8 Feb 2012 03:11:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.14.2/Submit) with UUCP id q18BBJ26051103; Wed, 8 Feb 2012 03:11:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from fbsd81 ([192.168.200.81]) by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA04817; Wed, 8 Feb 12 03:03:41 PST Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:02:44 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: portmgr-feedback@freebsd.org, dougb@freebsd.org Message-Id: <4f32b8c4./c+g1eePU5396RYF%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <201202070829.q178TNZw081740@portsmonj.FreeBSD.org> <4f324a97.Hab0ctxtpiOZet2I%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4F31ECFC.4030007@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4F31ECFC.4030007@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion 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: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:11:20 -0000 Doug Barton wrote: > On 02/08/2012 02:12, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > linimon@freebsd.org wrote: > >> portname: graphics/vrml2pov > >> description: Convert VRML files to POVRay source > >> maintainer: ports@FreeBSD.org > >> status: BROKEN > >> deprecated because: unfetchable > > This seems to be a ports-infrastructure problem, rather than a > > problem in the vrml2pov port. > No, it's a "No one cares enough about this port to step forward > and maintain it" problem. Er, as of a few hours ago (when I tried it), the URL in the distfile link on vrml2pov's download page *exactly* matched the URL that the port tries to fetch. This does not appear to be a case of the distfile having been moved and the port not having caught up: the port is using exactly the same URL to (try to) fetch the distfile as any human would, but it works for the human because browsers understand redirections. The only reason the port doesn't fetch is that the infrastructure doesn't handle that kind of URL properly. Given that, why would it not make more sense to fix the broken ports infrastructure -- thereby also covering any number of other and/or future similar cases -- rather than "fixing" this one port that is not actually wrong? > > The infrastructure needs to handle redirections. > > That's arguable, but once again it's an issue that no one has > stepped up to fix. Likely because it would involve grubbing around in bsd.port.mk, which only portmgr@ is allowed to touch :)