From owner-cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 19 02:50:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BB1D37B401; Mon, 19 May 2003 02:50:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3E5243F93; Mon, 19 May 2003 02:50:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from j@uriah.heep.sax.de) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id LAA19474; Mon, 19 May 2003 11:50:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from uriah.heep.sax.de (localhost.heep.sax.de [127.0.0.1]) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h4J9hfo1004764; Mon, 19 May 2003 11:43:41 +0200 (MET DST) (envelope-from j@uriah.heep.sax.de) Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.12.9/8.12.6/Submit) id h4J9hfij004763; Mon, 19 May 2003 11:43:41 +0200 (MET DST) (envelope-from j) Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 11:43:41 +0200 From: Joerg Wunsch To: Kris Kennaway Message-ID: <20030519114341.B2937@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <200305190828.h4J8S8l0069634@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030519085637.GA71335@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030519111649.A2937@uriah.heep.sax.de> <20030519093706.GA90624@rot13.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20030519093706.GA90624@rot13.obsecurity.org>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Mon, May 19, 2003 at 02:37:06AM -0700 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-32.5 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BROKEN tags (Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/avr-libc Makefile) X-BeenThere: cvs-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Joerg Wunsch List-Id: CVS commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 09:50:09 -0000 As Kris Kennaway wrote: > Instead of looking at this issue as "Committer X broke my port, so why > should I have to put up with a BROKEN message in my port for something > that wasn't my fault?" try to see it in terms of the end user -- you > know, the guy out there for whom we're all supposed to be providing an > OS. He or she just wants to install the software and doesn't care > which unknown person caused the problem, only that it exists and is a > known bug that prevents the port from building, so they shouldn't > waste their time trying. The end user could always remove (or empty) /usr/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk himself, and get the port to compile. With the BROKEN line, he still wouldn't be able to compile an otherwise fully functional port. -- cheers, J"org .-.-. --... ...-- -.. . DL8DTL http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)