From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jan 26 17:29:19 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA02897 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 17:29:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.95.76.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA02887; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 17:29:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id RAA08180; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 17:30:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk) From: Steve Kargl Message-Id: <199901270130.RAA08180@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: removing f2c from base distribution In-Reply-To: <199901270116.RAA64007@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> from Satoshi Asami at "Jan 26, 1999 5:16:45 pm" To: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 17:30:35 -0800 (PST) Cc: obrien@NUXI.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Satoshi Asami wrote: > * From: Steve Kargl > > * Yes, I recognize that this is problem. A partial solution might > * be anoncvs to a shadow tree of the master ports repository. Only > * those ports in the shadow tree which satisfy portlint and "make; > * make install; make package" would get committed to the master > * repository. > * > * Now, if Satoshi has read the above, could someone please revive him > * and make sure he takes his heart medication ;-) > > Um, I'm still alive but can someone explain me why this can't be a > "regular" port? Being useful to some but not the majority, no other > parts of the system depending on it, this looks like a model citizen > in the ideal ports world. :) > Well, actually I did f2c as a port, and it does indeed fit inside the ports paradigm. Please, see my original email in the thread. -- Steve finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~clesceri/kargl.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message