Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 13:10:02 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg 7.2 start problem Message-ID: <4657429A.5040509@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20070523214641.GG3705@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <200705211823.29943.ABabiy@shaw.ca> <200705231729.56157.joao@matik.com.br> <20070523205134.GC3705@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <200705231818.13588.joao@matik.com.br> <20070523214641.GG3705@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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Roland Smith wrote:
> Tools like portupgrade and portmaster and even the ports system are
> great but they have their limitations. I think they are kept relatively
> simple for a reason. It's much better to have a simple (maintainable)
> tool that does 95% of the jobs well than to build an extremely
> complicated ACME contraption that can cover all the corner cases and
> oddball situations. It's just not worth the effort.
As portmaster author, this precisely describes my perspective.
FWIW,
Doug
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