Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 07:25:44 -0900 From: Royce Williams <royce@tycho.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: security/john: bump to 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Message-ID: <CA%2BE3k93Z-vbbfBMmDEpoKSa5h0mOgFEK-3cMO0UvvUEqABpNpw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BE3k9099yEYrBYYBF=6auzhFKci4FmKv4ogjV0Avx0%2BXiVOJg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BE3k93QmeDYwehap7V2aC9%2Bg=U7AsMLrSOMhauPfhUrVrLL7w@mail.gmail.com> <20131120170245.GA15050@FreeBSD.org> <CA%2BE3k9099yEYrBYYBF=6auzhFKci4FmKv4ogjV0Avx0%2BXiVOJg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Royce Williams <royce@tycho.org> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 07:27:05AM -0900, Royce Williams wrote: >> > Could someone bump security/john? The simple patch below should be a >> > good >> > start to cover it, and it's been more than a year since jumbo-6 came >> > out, >> > so it's pretty stale. >> >> Royce, >> >> I'm know I'm slow on this, but I'd really like to address all the issues >> Solar Designer had previously raised WRT the port. Particularly, -jumbo >> should really be an option; plist should be fixed to match modern reality, >> etc. There are several of them; I hope I can get my act together and do >> finish this shortly. >> >> Sorry it takes so long. :( >> >> ./danfe > > I definitely look forward to the -jumbo option and other improvements. And > I really appreciate your desire to do this The Right Way. > > However, please don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good on this one. > A simple bump to jumbo-6 or jumbo-7 would have benefited many people over > the past year and a half. Doing such a bump now should be fast, and does > not preclude making the deeper improvements later. Please consider a quick > commit now. > > But either way, good luck with the harder work! Alexey, I call again for a simple bump to this port, until such time as the more complex improvements can be made. They are not mutually exclusive. >From bsdstats data[1], at least 160 people could immediately benefit from a quick bump. Of 206 installs, 160 of them are at the latest ports version (jumbo-5), three are rolling it themselves to get jumbo-6 or -7, and the rest can't/won't update. For about ten minutes of work, that's a really good force multiplier. Please, please update security/john to -jumbo7. Royce 1. http://bsdstats.org/ports.php?category=77&software=5304
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