From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 17 17:09:47 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 25A4737B401 for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 17:09:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2E8F43FAF for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 17:09:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk) Received: from piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk ([81.103.196.4]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.comESMTP <20030518000945.YIBE11246.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk> for ; Sun, 18 May 2003 01:09:45 +0100 Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.1.20030518005944.030b7440@popserver.sfu.ca> X-Sender: cperciva@popserver.sfu.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 01:09:21 +0100 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org From: Colin Percival Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: To port or not to port 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: Sun, 18 May 2003 00:09:47 -0000 Is there any general rule for when code should be an independent port vs. when it should be included in a different port? For the next version of security/freebsd-update I've written a binary diff/patch tool; it can certainly be used on its own, but I think it's most important user will be freebsd-update. Should I submit this as a separate port, or just build it as part of freebsd-update? Colin Percival