Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 13:55:55 -0500 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Call for feedback on a Ports-collection change Message-ID: <p0602044cbc24a64a70d3@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <20040109115542.GU54743@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0401082157110.30116-100000@pancho> <p06020442bc23e2b0983e@[128.113.24.47]> <20040109052019.GA8007@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <p06020444bc23eae584b8@[128.113.24.47]> <p0602041abc1660a416d0@[128.113.24.47]> <20040109012651.GB1667@k7.mavetju> <p06020439bc23b6af47f9@[128.113.24.47]> <20040109115542.GU54743@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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At 12:55 PM +0100 1/9/04, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > >> Basically, I don't have a finalized idea on that. That's >> the kind of feedback that I need from developers who are >> more experienced with ports than I am. > > that won't work. you'll have to convince all the port > maintainers and submitters that the change you propose > won't make port creation and maintanance more laborous > than it is, and if you want to convince anybody, you > need a proof backed by experience. I would like to think that asking the people who DO have the experience, and making changes to my proposal based on THEIR experience, would be enough. There is no way that I am able to become more-experienced than everyone who is already working on ports. There are a few things which are clear to me. One of them is that I have no direct access to the ports repository. Thus, I can not force this change upon the ports-committers unless they themselves are attracted to the change. So, here I am, asking for input. My goal is not to force something down anyone's throats. My goal is to come up with some workable changes which would improve the ports collection. I'm not even too fixed on what "improve" has to mean. I've got some ideas, but if those ideas don't catch on then I'll just move on to other projects. I know I'm asking for time from everyone just to *think* about my proposals, and that everyone is already busy. But I can not think of any other way to suggest changes to anything as large and as constantly-dynamic as the ports collection. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu
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