Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:10:47 +0100 From: Kaya Saman <kayasaman@gmail.com> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, portmgr-feedback@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports which are currently marked broken Message-ID: <CAPj0R5KXivo=d7RDPm7i%2BMuxUB8uh753k6LQDL45=Q6%2B222qmQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201206211201.q5LC1a5k099714@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201206210828.q5L8SrdL078006@portsmonj.FreeBSD.org> <201206211201.q5LC1a5k099714@fire.js.berklix.net>
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Is this only for "Ports" which don't build or "Ports" which have other issu= es?? I posted an issue with the net/samba36 port where it doesn't seem to create the PAM module?? Regards, Kaya On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote: > linimon@freebsd.org wrote: >> As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of problems in >> the FreeBSD ports system, we periodically notify users of ports > > Hi all, > Reports should be ordered to draw the interest of readers, these aren't y= et. > > Probably: > =A0Many readers on ports@ often delete these periodic mails part unread, = for > =A0lack of time, as too verbose & hard to quickly scan (not read) through= . > > =A0Remaining readers mostly just try to Quickly scan > =A0Just the 2nd column in the top line of each section, ie > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0category/portname > =A0Just to check ports they use are not mentioned, > =A0trying to Not read irrelevant junk, > =A0hoping to hit Delete ASAP. > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0If a port interest, they would be prepared to scan down > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0If not, delete ASAP, (as fewer are interested in creating > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0patches & filing send-pr for ports they do= n't use). > > It's hard to quickly scan Just those 2nd col 1st line. > > To insert a simple initial list of nothing but port names: > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0echo $shorter_intro =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 > posting > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0cat report | grep portname: | sed -e s/portname:// =A0 =A0= =A0>> posting > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0cat report =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0>> posting > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0cat footnotes_was_intro =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 >> posting > > Move the bulky introduction to foot notes. Consider the eye of a busy rea= der: > =A0"Argh! I got trapped reading that old boring blurb Again! > =A0 Why no title like "Bad Ports Report" in top of body (not just Subject= :) > =A0 to prompt us if we've seen the title before we can skip the intro? > =A0 Probably no ports that interest me anyway, > =A0 Shall I wade through all that text, in case something of interest, Or > =A0 Shall I gamble it's probably irrelevant to me, save time & hit Delete= ?" > > $shorter_intro=3D \ > =A0"Ports listed below have gone bad; Details below list; Notes below tha= t." > > Cheers, > Julian > -- > Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix= .com > =A0Reply below not above, cumulative like a play script, & indent with ">= ". > =A0Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-pr= intable. > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Mail from @yahoo dumped @berklix. =A0http://berklix.org/ya= hoo/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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