Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 08:30:01 -0500 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Where is FreeBSD going? Message-ID: <20040109133001.GK30356@toxic.magnesium.net> In-Reply-To: <20040109095246.GT54743@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> References: <3FFC03E5.7010305@iconoplex.co.uk> <200401071429.i07ETZMI068819@grimreaper.grondar.org> <20040107200838.GD86935@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20040108071730.GA53328@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040108173642.GS54743@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20040109003630.GA63979@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040109095246.GT54743@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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>> (01.09.2004 @ 0452 PST): Roman Neuhauser said, in 1.9K: << > # kris@obsecurity.org / 2004-01-08 16:36:30 -0800: > > On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 06:36:42PM +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > > That might be technically true, but the precise semantics of > > > "(semi-)freeze" aren't as widely known as you seem to think. > > > E. g. yesterday or today I received an email from a committer in > > > response to my two mails to ports@ (the first urging a repocopy > > > requested in a PR some time ago, the other retracting the request > > > because of the freeze) saying (paraphrased) "to my surprise I was > > > told repocopies are allowed during freeze". Some people just prefer > > > to err on the safe side. > > > > Repo-copies are not allowed during the freeze, but are any other time. > > ok, so someone (at least two people) out there is confused about > this, and this only further proves my statement about the uncertainty. Messages stating what Kris said are sent out at the beginning of every freeze. > > > Also, I would have thought the Porter's handbook would e. g. contain > > > info on preventing installation of .la files (I gathered from the > > > ports@ list that they shouldn't be installed), isn't this lack quite > > > obvious? > > > > No, please raise this on the ports list. > > ok, cc'd to ports, Mail-Followup-To set. A fix for this is given in http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/porting.html in the section entitled "Libtool Issues." # Adam -- Adam Weinberger adam@vectors.cx // adamw@FreeBSD.org // adamw@magnesium.net http://www.vectors.cx
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