From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 9 22:34:01 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5ACE106564A; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 22:34:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from spartan.hamla.org (spartan.hamla.org [206.251.255.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57E018FC1F; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 22:34:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spartan.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1824F17131; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 18:34:30 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=tandon.net; h= user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:content-type :content-type:mime-version:references:reply-to:message-id :subject:subject:from:from:date:date:received; s=aegis; t= 1312929269; bh=eujBurH0RRTLH7DQJS/K5QZxAgMuHg5xfdyqfqcxQDI=; b=Q WwdJsB29FwQZxkxIxNAywN+yrwZ0cPtsdMELCeV2EuPqzpbvm6W4LJT0jri8fkPE /1l3oMUqZKr3/m7K7NEuJf6RAsI0Ku43sXBvfNlwhcCJeX/Q2hVjgDe+9oPDXa/L +88qZP9ANhqmpKHMXt7S4KdClWfzOVhaBLl1rIRlOw= X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV at spartan.hamla.org Received: from spartan.hamla.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (spartan.hamla.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10027) with LMTP id sxQTNRYArYQW; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 18:34:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 18:33:57 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon To: Doug Barton Message-ID: <20110809223357.GB274@magic.hamla.org> References: <201108091348.p79DmYFa095351@repoman.freebsd.org> <20110809135332.GA52137@over-yonder.net> <4E418DC6.7040708@FreeBSD.org> <20110809220138.GA274@magic.hamla.org> <4E41B3C5.80108@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E41B3C5.80108@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Steven Kreuzer , cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, Chris Rees , "Matthew D. Fuller" , cvs-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/textproc Makefile ports/textproc/ack Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sahil Tandon List-Id: **OBSOLETE** CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:34:01 -0000 On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 15:25:09 -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > On 08/09/2011 15:01, Sahil Tandon wrote: > > On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 21:16:23 +0100, Chris Rees wrote: > > > >> On 9 August 2011 20:43, Doug Barton wrote: > >>> On 08/09/2011 12:18, Chris Rees wrote: > >>>> On 9 August 2011 17:50, Steven Kreuzer > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> I missed it when I first looked to see if this was a port. I > >>>>> removed mine from the tree > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Would anyone object if I looked at adding danfe's grep suggestion > >>>> to addport ? We have similar checks in rmport... > >>> > >>> Not sure exactly what you're proposing. If you're talking about > >>> humans looking to see if a port exists already then 'cd /usr/ports > >>> && make search name=foo' is probably an easier way to do that. > >> > >> I was thinking of (like the PRs open for $port of rmport) > >> > >> Ports named like ack: textproc/p5-ack > >> > >> Are you sure you wish to continue [Y/N]? > > > > I think this is a reasonable idea - please do not be discouraged from > > trying. > > I sincerely hope you're not referring to my question as a possible > source of discouragement. Nope! > It certainly was not intended to be. Understood. > I agree that this kind of functionality is a good addition to addport, > the only questions are "What is the best way to accomplish it?" and > "Might there be a more generally useful approach?" Agreed on both, hence my mention of useful implementation. Once there is pseudo-code or an initial patch to illustrate crees' thinking, I hope we can collectively answer the two questions you pose above. -- Sahil Tandon