Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:14:21 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>, marino@freebsd.org Cc: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>, Helmut Schneider <jumper99@gmx.de>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New port, what's next? Message-ID: <5347B26D.4000508@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <20140410211439.GB37706@e-new.0x20.net> References: <xn0j0n25y421id000@news.gmane.org> <5346D5AF.5070905@bsdforen.de> <20140410182839.GB29301@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <5346E4F9.8030205@marino.st> <20140410211439.GB37706@e-new.0x20.net>
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On 10/04/2014 23:14, Lars Engels wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 08:37:45PM +0200, John Marino wrote: >> On 4/10/2014 20:28, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: >>> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 07:32:31PM +0200, Dominic Fandrey wrote: >>>> >>>> On 10/04/2014 18:53, Helmut Schneider wrote: >>>>> I created a new port, Typo3-LTS. The tgz contains >>>>> >>>>> - Makefile >>>>> - distinfo >>>>> - pkg-plist >>>>> - pkg-descr >>>>> - a diff from www/typo3 >>>>> >>>>> The file has ~150kB so I assume it's to big for a PR. >>>> >>>> I assume the bulk of that is the pkg-plist. The largest pkg-plist >>>> in the ports tree is 4M. In my opinion huge plists should be dynamically >>>> generated, but in your case I'd just I'd just temp-host the file >>>> somewhere and file a PR with a link and a checksum. >>>> >>> Autoplist are harmful! and should be avoided as much as possible, I know python >>> and ruby has it but I m really not happy about that >>> >>> autoplist is dangerous because we have no way to control that what is package is >>> what the maintainer expect to be packaged! therefore we often end up with >>> unoticed problems >> >> Yes, but 6,000 - 20,000 line plists are unwieldy to say the least. >> And the danger can be mitigated by the maintainer by reviewing the >> internal temporary package list, ideally on multiple platforms. Also >> some plists are really hard to make manually if there are many options >> or if the plist morphs depending on the combination of options. >> >> yes, a safety net is removed with a generated plist but it has it's >> place. The maintainer just has to be vigilant. >> > > Can't we teach the ports system to handle pkg-plist.gz? That would be easy enough. The question is, can svn handle it? -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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