From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 21 08:48:44 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5535E16A4CE; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 08:48:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from pb48.boleslawiec.sdi.tpnet.pl (pb48.boleslawiec.sdi.tpnet.pl [217.97.12.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0AA943FCB; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 08:48:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jacek@combit.com.pl) Received: from diabelek.freebsd.home (unknown [82.139.15.231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb48.boleslawiec.sdi.tpnet.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6581814A03; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:44:14 +0100 (CET) Received: by diabelek.freebsd.home (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7603672; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:52:23 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:52:23 +0100 From: Jacek Pelka To: Peter Leftwich Message-ID: <20031121165223.GA10035@combit.com.pl> References: <16767.63.109.229.13.1069202169.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <16767.63.109.229.13.1069202169.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: ports@freebsd.org cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggestion to display date/time of port addition or modification X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:48:44 -0000 On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 04:36:09PM -0800, Peter Leftwich wrote: > > [2] I do not understand the usefulness nor see the "beauty" of the current > method of installing ports. Why must a user download elementary > "instructions" for programs A, B, C, D, through Z when all he or she may > want are programs P and Q which require libraries B, C, D, and E? In > other words, have the people in the know ever considered making it > possible to download one tarballed directory, whose Makefile could figure > out which other tarballed directories are needed and "fetch" them in > sequence? This seems far simpler than 19 megs of unnecessary files that > may never be used possibly. Thank you for listening, hopefully my remarks > generate some discussion. > You can use cvsup method with refuse file to download ports collections you want, for example all without x11-* ports. Jacek -- W miejscu swojego zatrudnienia ma opinię negatywną, ponieważ ma narzeczonego Murzyna, z którym się codziennie spotyka.