Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 08:00:11 +0200 From: Marcus von Appen <mva@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [BRAINSTORMING] simplifying maintainer's life Message-ID: <20140904060011.GB1044@medusa.sysfault.org> In-Reply-To: <20140903212243.GK63931@graf.pompo.net> References: <20140903082538.GE63085@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <20140903145614.158f8e89@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <20140903135029.GK63085@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <20140903165622.3bff54e0@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <20140903150018.GL63085@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <5407649A.80500@FreeBSD.org> <20140903191256.GB1025@medusa.sysfault.org> <20140903212243.GK63931@graf.pompo.net>
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On, Wed Sep 03, 2014, Thierry Thomas wrote:
> Le mer 3 sep 14 =C3=A0 21:12:56 +0200, Marcus von Appen <mva@FreeBSD.org>
> =C3=A9crivait=C2=A0:
>
> > On, Wed Sep 03, 2014, Bryan Drewery wrote:
>
> > [...]
> >
> > > I understand there is fear involved with not having a plist validate
> > > everything. Consider that many other package systems do not require a
> > > plist to start.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Seconded. In my opinion for 95% of all cases it sums up to: everything =
in the
> > staging directory gets installed. We can use post-build or pre-install =
to
> > clean up the staging directory where necessary, or even revert the plist
> > meaning in the worst case, e.g. everything in ${EXCLUDE_INSTALL} is not=
to be
> > installed, if necessary.
>
> I disagree. I use plist for two things:
You belong to the +-5% ;-).
> - when upgrading a port, I compare the previous plist with the newer
> one, and if some important files are missing, I try to understand the
> reason;
For those things a comparision mechanism in the qa scripts for a
porter/committer might come in handy:
- get stagedir contents
- get (current) package contents
- compare and show a list of changes for the QA
> - I often grep all plists to find which port could possibly provide such
> header or such library (among non-installed ports, of course).
I do the same, but would argue that such a query service should belong to or
offered by a pkg search (as sort of counterpart to pkg which).
Cheers
Marcus
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