Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:19:34 +0100 From: "Koffie Yahoo" <koffieyahoo@hotmail.com> To: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Missing packages Message-ID: <Law15-F476oJDEIXq2g0002bed4@hotmail.com>
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>From: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@FreeBSD.org> > >Hi, > >On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 11:24:40AM +0100, Koffie Yahoo wrote: > > > > >From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> > > > > > >On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 10:06:10AM +0100, Koffie Yahoo wrote: > > >> > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> At least two of the packages from 5.1-RELEASE/i386 are missing from >the > > >ftp > > >> server: > > >> > > >> category multimedia: win32-codecs-011002.2.0.90.p7 > > >> category editors: xemacs-21.4.12 > > > > > >win32-codecs may not be redistributed for license reasons. > > > > Shouldn't this be a reason to remove it from the ports collection? > > Not really. The ports collection does not exist exclusively >for the purpose of generating packages. With non-redistributable >licenses, it is still possible to build the port locally (i. e., >in your own computer) even though you should not try to distribute >generate packages or anything. For example, jdk 1.4. Therefore, the >port exists to save anyone the time of figuring out how to build, >install, deinstall some port. :) > But of course,... my apologies. I think I was half asleep as usual... I was also a bit annoyed (nothing to do with you!!), as I’m only connected to the Internet through a Windows machine at the moment which of course does not allow me to build packages myself. Maybe mplayer, xine, etc could you the same scheme as Mozilla does for the java plugin: just give a warning when a related non-essential package is not present, which win32-codec is as far as I know. Jeroen K. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
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