Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 10:30:05 +0200 From: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, perryh@pluto.rain.com Subject: Re: Deprecation: round3 Message-ID: <20110803103005.02ffa8fe.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <18c8dc0c9814ccdf7479e97a2727b12f@etoilebsd.net> References: <6483ddd2504ceeb023f1e4774b495f72@etoilebsd.net> <4e390eaf.5MJ3G9ielo7JZhvs%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <9807aab2a5e2effdaa359cc38f926a8b@etoilebsd.net> <4e39555b.aXrOnSmaaWrsvmPB%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <18c8dc0c9814ccdf7479e97a2727b12f@etoilebsd.net>
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Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:04:11 -0700, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:02:39 -0700, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > >> > What, exactly, is the significance of the list at > >> > > >> > > >> http://people.freebsd.org/~ehaupt/distilator/ports@FreeBSD.org-bad.html > >> > beyond that the ports listed there are unmaintained? > >> > > >> > "make fetch" succeeded for every one of the ~150 ports that > >> > I tried from that list ... > >> > >> Each ports defines a list of mirrors where the distfile should > >> hosted, and the infrastructure append some FreeBSD mirror for > >> convenience. > >> > >> the list represent the number of problematic mirrors. > >> > >> It doen't mean the ports is not fetchable yet, it mean some of > >> its mirrors do not share the distfile anymore. > > > > Any thought of adding that explanation to ~ehaupt/distilator and/or > > to ~ehaupt/distilator/ports@FreeBSD.org-bad.html (or making it more > > prominent, if it is already there)? All I could figure out was that > > the list had something to do with unfetchable distfiles, thus my > > confusion when "make fetch" succeeded. > > Those with unfetchable distfiles are either marked as broken or > deprecated currently :) > concerning the explanation that would be a good idea, let's see what > ehaupt think about this. I have to admit that 'distilator' definitely needs more public relations work and way more explanatory text. I wouldn't mind altering, amending the text but I could use some help. I'm also open for suggestions to create different kind of reports that might be more helpful. Emanuel
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