Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2021 11:00:52 +0900 From: Koichiro Iwao <meta@freebsd.org> To: Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: beff5e37902f - main - sysutils/mackerel-agent: Update to 0.71.2 Message-ID: <5461673c056632e25c4f64c99e597983@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20210530071948.jzjlbgepvhexf35l@aching.in.mat.cc> References: <202105291644.14TGiYHK003156@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <20210530071948.jzjlbgepvhexf35l@aching.in.mat.cc>
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Matt wrote: > DIST_SUBDIR should only be used when the distribution files are not > versionned or conflict with others, in this case, I don't see any > reason > to use it. > > Moreover, with all those distribution files, there is a good chance > that > some other port needs the same file, using DIST_SUBDIR makes it > impossible to share those files, and forces users to fetch the same > things multiple times, somewhat defeating the reason of the distfiles > directory. Understood. Thanks for the advice. That is reasonable not to use DIST_SUBDIR. I felt a single port putting many files directly under distfiles directory looks clutter but your point is quite correct. -- meta <meta@FreeBSD.org>
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