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Date:      Sat, 22 Jan 2005 00:03:56 +0100
From:      Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Thierry Thomas <thierry@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
Subject:   Re: Why does everybody switch to dynamic plists?
Message-ID:  <41F18A5C.703@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050121200310.GA47832@graf.pompo.net>
References:  <20050121205202.4092fc5a@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <20050121200310.GA47832@graf.pompo.net>

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Thierry Thomas wrote:
> - 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.
>  => 6 negative aspects.

And if for any reason (=wrong logic on plist creation) the dynamic 
package list includes some extraneous (maybe manually created) files, 
they'll be deleted after an upgrade.
=> 7 negative aspects.

-- 
Alex Dupre



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