Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 07:53:14 +0800 From: wen heping <wenheping@gmail.com> To: John Marino <freebsdml@marino.st> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Steps to prune and add Ada ports? Message-ID: <AANLkTikB4MeQ2Da9PBu5qQY_i%2BacPAkwg7tw287=dwKV@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D234202.6010100@marino.st> References: <4D22FD63.6070402@marino.st> <AANLkTi=dq0qeXzDFoJPz=AZez7ZvJCTSkNNn7duveB%2B1@mail.gmail.com> <4D234202.6010100@marino.st>
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2011/1/4 John Marino <freebsdml@marino.st>: > Thanks Wen, > I submitted PR 153676 to delete the old gnat doc ports. > Regarding the seven new ports, should I write one PR to cover all seven, = or > seven individual PRs? =C2=A0Some are dependencies of others, so it kind o= f makes Both OK. wen > sense to submit them together. > > John > > wen heping wrote: >> >> Better to send PRs to add or remove these ports. I am intersting to take= . >> >> wen >> >> 2011/1/4 John Marino <freebsdml@marino.st>: >>> >>> Before opening an Problem Reports, I thought I'd run what I'd like to d= o >>> by >>> the FreeBSD ports mailing list. >>> >>> The following five ports need to be deleted: >>> lang/gnat-doc-html >>> lang/gnat-doc-info >>> lang/gnat-doc-ps >>> lang/gnat-doc-texi >>> lang/gnat-doc-tex >>> Reason: =C2=A0These provide documentation for GNAT 3.15p, which was del= eted >>> from >>> the ports tree more than 5 years ago. =C2=A0Should I submit a PR to get= this >>> done? =C2=A0There is no maintainer listed for them. >>> >>> >>> Secondly, I've been working for months to bring GNAT, the GNAT >>> Programming >>> Studio (GPS), the Ada Web Server (AWS), and other packages to all four >>> major >>> BSDs. =C2=A0The website tracking the progress of this work is >>> http://www.dragonlace.net >>> >>> I've already developed seven FreeBSD ports for the following: >>> GNAT-AUX (based on GCC 4.6) >>> GPS 5.0 >>> AWS 2.10w >>> GPRBuild-AUX >>> GnatPython >>> GTKAda 2.22 >>> XML/Ada 4.1w >>> >>> The last six ports on the list don't currently exist in the tree. =C2= =A0"GNAT >>> AUX" is a significantly patched version of GNAT that passes all tests >>> (~3200) on both AMD64 and i386. >>> >>> It should replace the gnat-gcc44 port which doesn't produce a usable >>> AMD64 >>> GNAT (The port maintainer agreed on IRC #Ada). =C2=A0Additionally, gnat= -gcc42 >>> should be pruned because it doesn't build on FreeBSD 8. =C2=A0The other= FSF >>> GNAT >>> port is gnat-gcc43. =C2=A0It builds on FreeBSD 7 and 8, but only for th= e i386 >>> platform. =C2=A0I don't know how well it passes the regression testsuit= e. >>> =C2=A0There >>> could be a debate if there's value in having gnat-gcc43 in the tree onc= e >>> GNAT-AUX is available. >>> >>> Some of the proposed ports require "GPRBuild" to build, and the version >>> of >>> GPRBuild I'm providing requires GNAT AUX. =C2=A0It will not build on GN= AT GPL >>> or >>> any gnat-gcc both due to changes in the compiler and hardcoded executab= le >>> names. =C2=A0This would also be a reason to prune the older GNAT ports = as they >>> would not be able to build many (or any?) of the Ada software in the >>> ports >>> tree anyway. >>> >>> What's the best approach to add these 7 Ada ports (again, already >>> developed) >>> and start removing the useless ones? =C2=A0I'm willing to maintain =C2= =A0the all >>> the >>> ports that I submit. >>> >>> Regards, >>> John >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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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