From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 13 15:08:26 2004 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 AD63816A4CE for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 15:08:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C6F9D43D53 for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 15:08:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from michaelnottebrock@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 20534 invoked by uid 65534); 13 Nov 2004 15:08:23 -0000 Received: from pD9E2460F.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO lofi.dyndns.org) (217.226.70.15) by mail.gmx.net (mp013) with SMTP; 13 Nov 2004 16:08:23 +0100 X-Authenticated: #443188 Received: from [192.168.8.4] (kiste.my.domain [192.168.8.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by lofi.dyndns.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iADF8Hbp043363 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:08:18 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from michaelnottebrock@gmx.net) Message-ID: <41962361.6050205@gmx.net> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:08:17 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en, de-de MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Russell References: <20041113101925.GB70256@voodoo.oberon.net> <20041114003532.L60099@juana.isp.net.au> <200411131524.18479.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <20041114012609.B60099@juana.isp.net.au> <41961E2F.20008@gmx.net> <20041114014750.K60099@juana.isp.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20041114014750.K60099@juana.isp.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new cc: Kirill Ponomarew cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org cc: portmgr@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: INDEX[-5] files were removed from CVS. 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: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 15:08:27 -0000 Mark Russell wrote: > On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > >> Mark Russell wrote: >> >>> I have seen no discussion on it can you point me to the thread in the >>> lists please >> >> >> It has been discussed on a non-public list. In any case, there's no >> point in rehashing the discussion now, you can solve your immediate >> problem by overriding INDEXFILE yourself. > > > So major changes to 2 stable branches have been discussed in non public > lists and non gives a hoot on the effects on how it effects the general > userbase? Ports does not have branches, we do care about the effects on the userbase and the brokenness from not changing INDEXFILE to some new default value is accidental (and can be easily worked around for the moment like I already pointed out). Please, there's no need to make a big fuss over this, nor will it make any difference if you vent your (probably justfified) frustration here. -- ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org