Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:31:36 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org> To: Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> Subject: Re: [UPDATE] Re: Update on ports on 10.0 Message-ID: <20111019113136.316cb665@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20111019010420.646c0938.stas@FreeBSD.org> References: <20111011063602.GO68552@droso.net> <20111017153551.23281532@tetcu.info> <20111017135130.d9caa4f1.stas@FreeBSD.org> <20111018223146.GA93539@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20111019105938.5aa842a4@FreeBSD.org> <20111019010420.646c0938.stas@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:04:20 -0700 Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:59:38 +0300 > Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org> mentioned: > > > Unfortunately we don't seem to have any other way to go, for the (and yes, I hate the idea) > > big majority of the ports. The fix is basically identical, so it > > doesn't make sense to have a zillion of patch files in a zillion of > > ports. > > What, on the other hand, makes sense is to have the fix that should > > include: > > a) a KNOB (WITH_FBSD10_FIX or similar), > > b) that only is run from bsd.port.mk when OSVERSION>1000000 > > c) runs the latest version of the above patch. > > The KNOB's existence allow us to turn on the fix only for broken > > ports, and easily know what these broken ports are -- so we can poke > > maintainers from time to time about upstream fixes, ... > > Sounds good to me. A few more days. > > Presumably $UPSTREAM wants it software to be able to build on > > FreeBSD even outside the PT, especially if this doesn't imply much > > work on his part. > > You'd be surprized how many of them do not care about FreeBSD > altogether. Even if you send them patches. Oh, I know, believe I know. But that's not the majority, and anyway it should stop us trying to do the right thing. -- IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" FreeBSD committer -> itetcu@FreeBSD.org, PGP Key ID 057E9F8B493A297B
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