From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 6 08:51:57 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFCB516A41F; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 08:51:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51C8F43D46; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 08:51:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j868pusf029239; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 01:51:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.NUXI.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id j868ptFt029238; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 01:51:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 01:51:55 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Alexander Leidinger Message-ID: <20050906085155.GC28504@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200509032046.j83KkpQL082427@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050904124420.545395cb@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <20050904171849.21d7613c.jylefort@FreeBSD.org> <20050904185122.29cc5e11@Magellan.Leidinger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050904185122.29cc5e11@Magellan.Leidinger.net> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: Jean-Yves Lefort , cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, alejandro@varnet.biz, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/games Makefile ports/games/linux-ut2003-demo Makefile distinfo pkg-descr ports/games/linux-ut2003-demo/files ut2003-demo.in X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@FreeBSD.org List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 08:51:57 -0000 On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 06:51:22PM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > We had a discussion on ports@ a while ago: As long as there are no very > urgent reasons to use a install-time generated plist a maintainer > should (as in: we point with fingers on you if you don't do it) use a > static plist since it is more beneficial for most people. There are many "broken" ports that we have simply because a port was upgraded and a new file was added that the committer didn't notice. If we want static PLISTs we should create better tools for the autogeneration of them. Something like "make checksum" to autogenerate the distinfo file. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)