From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Aug 28 9:37:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from ipcard.iptcom.net (ipcard.iptcom.net [212.9.224.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD3F737B403; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 09:37:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from max@vega.com) Received: from vega.vega.com (root@dialup3-29.iptelecom.net.ua [212.9.226.157]) by ipcard.iptcom.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA91023; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 19:36:53 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from max@vega.com) Received: (from max@localhost) by vega.vega.com (8.11.4/8.11.3) id f7SGaph57218; Tue, 28 Aug 2001 19:36:51 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from sobomax@FreeBSD.org) From: Maxim Sobolev Message-Id: <200108281636.f7SGaph57218@vega.vega.com> Subject: Re: support for a.out in ports To: mi@aldan.algebra.com (Mikhail Teterin) Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 19:36:51 +0300 (EEST) Cc: sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Mikhail Teterin" at Aug 28, 2001 11:58:00 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL5] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > On 28 Aug, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > >> They are not that difficult to add... Should the minor numbers > >> be tolerated? Should they be welcome? Should they be actively > >> encouraged? Thanks, > > > > No, they shouldn't, unless it is a binary-only package. > > They should not what? There were three questions, starting with > "should", but only one answer :-) 3 x shouldn't, should it be clearer. > > a.out support is dead, and soon will be retired from bsd.port.mk as > > well. > > If this the "official" position, could you provide the reference or > something so I can remove the minor numbers from my ports' pkg-plists? No, it is not official position (I'm speaking with my Joe Ordinary-Porter hat on), but it reflects discussions I had with other committers regarding the topic. I donno if it counts, though. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message