From owner-freebsd-ports Wed Mar 29 18: 0:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB20C37B91B for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:00:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id SAA03085; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:00:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:00:08 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200003300200.SAA03085@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Ade Lovett Subject: Re: ports/15545: New port: x11/xterm Reply-To: Ade Lovett Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR ports/15545; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ade Lovett To: Christian Weisgerber Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/15545: New port: x11/xterm Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 19:59:31 -0600 On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 02:06:06AM +0200, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > No, it doesn't. > The port installs under ${LOCALBASE}, not ${X11BASE}. Which is wrong. xterm is most definitely an X application, and thus should go under ${X11BASE}. But, for the sake of argument, let's say it goes into ${LOCALBASE}. You then have the issue of depending how your ${PATH} is set up, you could get the XFree86 xterm, or this one, with all the pitfalls that causes. You also end up creating ${LOCALBASE}/lib/X11/app-defaults which as well as being somewhat unuseful (as you state), is also not cleaned up on package deinstall. Another "black mark". Finally, since the author is committed to getting this xterm into the main XFree86 4.0 tree, it would also appear that this port would be fairly short-lived. So, as I see it, the advantages of having this available in its current state are heavily outweighed by the disadvantages, both in the port itself, and the way in which it pollutes well-known namespace, particularly with something as ubiquitous as "xterm". Regards, -aDe -- Ade Lovett, Austin, TX. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message