Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:56:33 +0200 From: Pietro Cerutti <gahr@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/games/8kingdoms Makefile ports/misc/airoflash Makefile ports/graphics/autopano-sift Makefile ports/x11/avant-window-navigator-xfce4 Makefile ports/lang/boo Makefile ports/x11/cl-clx-sbcl Makefile ports/palm/coldsync ... Message-ID: <20120410145632.GD73185@gahrfit.gahr.ch> In-Reply-To: <20120410090424.5511702c@scorpio> References: <201204092351.q39Npi6F025202@repoman.freebsd.org> <20120410091537.GK98668@gahrfit.gahr.ch> <20120410114537.GL17460@culot.org> <20120410115630.GB2456@lonesome.com> <CAOfEmZgaagMqBq_690E9a4yo=vJ6Lnet-PAOrHi6c8e2xpfrTA@mail.gmail.com> <20120410124009.GE5264@lonesome.com> <20120410090424.5511702c@scorpio>
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--jCrbxBqMcLqd4mOl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2012-Apr-10, 09:04, Jerry wrote: > On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:40:09 -0500 > Mark Linimon articulated: >=20 > > Finally, I agree that FreeBSD can't "guarantee" any given ports will > > work, but I think we owe the users the effort to make sure if a port > > is included, it's at least not completely useless. >=20 > To "guarantee" that the port will work is certainly beyond the scope > of the ports system; however, to guarantee that it is fetch-able > and build-able is an implied action by the simple fact that it is > included in the ports structure. If, after a reasonable amount of time, > a solution for a port's inability to properly build or if the port is > just plain not able to be fetched, then it should be removed from the > port system. There is no upside to keeping ports that will not build, > or cannot be fetched. For the record, the port in question was fetchable / buildable / runnable. For some reason, some python class sometimes doesn't get byte-compiled, resulting in packaging (PLIST) errors. --=20 Pietro Cerutti The FreeBSD Project gahr@FreeBSD.org PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp --jCrbxBqMcLqd4mOl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (FreeBSD) iEUEARECAAYFAk+ESiAACgkQwMJqmJVx944HHgCfV3GJtIfR3vrlv0kj2c/bjHnx rhgAmMGnIbNg/2VGzGftishm35yZxC8= =yP0x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jCrbxBqMcLqd4mOl--
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