Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 15:34:58 -0700 From: "Pedro Giffuni S," <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>, phk@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG, Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu> Subject: Re: Current is currently really a mess (was: Re: Tk/Tcl broken(?)) Message-ID: <33E50792.6E94@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> References: <3326.870638153@time.cdrom.com>
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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > ... > there for. It's a testing ground, not a place for hosting the ports > collection. > It seems to me like Satoshi was right, then: ports ARE for stable users, not for current users. Current users are responsible for what they break, but the dilemma will always be who is gonna take care of re-porting the applications when the time for 3.0-Release comes. > Perhaps we've lost sight of what the ports collection is there for > also. I always envisioned it as that "extra 10%", like comfortable > seats in your car or airbags in your dashboard. It makes the system You must recognize this utilities make the system desirable. The OS can get as sofisticated as you want, but if applications don't work, no one will be interested in running it. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I don't understand what is so mission-critical in Tcl as to decide to break the ports tree. Pedro. > > Jordan
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