Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:09:10 -0500 From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) To: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [SUGGEST] Reform eclipse and eclipse related ports Message-ID: <20051021220910.GA18988@soaustin.net> In-Reply-To: <200510211454.41789.ringworm01@gmail.com> References: <43522953.6050700@ebs.gr> <20051018160725.GB87664@isis.sigpipe.cz> <20051018162907.GB14192@soaustin.net> <200510211454.41789.ringworm01@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 02:54:41PM -0700, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > My .02 cents worth - - - Would the ports system handle adding another > level to its directory structure? This is the biggest FAQ about the ports collection and the answer is always going to be the same: NO. We have nearly ten thousand lines of automated tools which have the two-level assumption hardwired into them. Fixing this would require many, many, hundreds of hours to do the necessary rewriting and regression testing. Reading back through the mailing lists would have shown you this. mcl
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