Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:03:10 +0100 From: Thierry Thomas <thierry@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why does everybody switch to dynamic plists? Message-ID: <20050121200310.GA47832@graf.pompo.net> In-Reply-To: <20050121205202.4092fc5a@Magellan.Leidinger.net> References: <20050121205202.4092fc5a@Magellan.Leidinger.net>
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--uAKRQypu60I7Lcqm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le Ven 21 jan 05 =E0 20:52:02 +0100, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leiding= er.net> =E9crivait=A0: > Hi, Hello, > can someone please tell me why people enjoy to use dynamic plists, even > when there was a static plist already? >=20 > With a dynamic plist: > - We lose the ability to search for files which aren't installed. > (useful for users) > - We lose the ability to determine if a particular port contains what > we search. > (useful for users) > - We lose the ability to check just with grep if two ports install > conflicting files (in case we get a report of a conflict it's very > nice to not need to install a port to verify the conflict). > (useful for users and port developers) > - We lose the ability to use portlint to check the plist (if the > maintainer checks the generated one he just can use a static plist). > BTW.: Does portlint know how to check the embedded plist (the > Makefile variables)? > (useful for port developers) > - We lose the ability to maybe answer support requests without the need > to install the software. > (useful for "the frontliners") > + We don't need to take care if the plist changes. > (useful for port developers) >=20 > I count 1 positive and 5 negative aspects. - if for some reason the port becomes uncomplete on certain platforms or after an upgrade, because a file is not built, we don't notice it. =3D> 6 negative aspects. --=20 Th. Thomas. --uAKRQypu60I7Lcqm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB8V/9c95pjMcUBaIRAgH4AJ9DgFPwzxLDsFCahtlLo5mNcKvMRgCfepxh Bqwo1UyQS1ghbtX58uEky5A= =8xv3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --uAKRQypu60I7Lcqm--
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