Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 12:57:27 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade Tool Message-ID: <20060504165727.GA67780@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20060504094155.GC984@roadrunner.q.local> References: <44538D42.8030301@chrismaness.com> <200605010901.50654.aren.tyr@gawab.com> <20060501091523.GA38820@pentarou.parodius.com> <200605021827.34873.aren.tyr@gawab.com> <20060504094155.GC984@roadrunner.q.local>
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--+QahgC5+KEYLbs62 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 11:41:55AM +0200, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > Aren Olvalde Tyr wrote: > > Perhaps it would be good, if, say on the corresponding port entry on th= e=20 > > FreeBSD ports webpage, it listed all the options used for building the = binary=20 > > package. For example, for the "Package" link, instead of simply linking= to=20 > > the package, it could link to a page entry listing all of the build opt= ions=20 > > used, with the package download link at the bottom. Or something like t= hat.=20 > >=20 > > Just an idea. What do people think?=20 >=20 > I'd even go further. This is something I have been thinking about on and > off. Namely, a FLAVOUR system for packages. A maintainer specifies up to > three FLAVOURs per port, which set various flags for building the port. In FreeBSD land these are called "slave ports", and you can have as many as you like. I don't have any interest in adding a separate "flavour" system in parallel to this. Kris --+QahgC5+KEYLbs62 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEWjJ2Wry0BWjoQKURAjoEAKChAPyu8aQpp8tdkgPtE4m5f79qXgCfeK8P CPrlm3xQwiY3cfKFhLYAkwI= =2yrN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+QahgC5+KEYLbs62--
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