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Date:      Tue, 23 Sep 2014 19:12:05 -0400
From:      Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        NGie Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Arch" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [RFC] fully integrate etc/Makefile into bsd.prog.mk
Message-ID:  <20140923231205.GA40545@hub.FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAGHfRMAWAvns6rdRZD8-5YLZg9RtWhjMdEsZ_zjDu1Z132odnQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 03:37:54PM -0700, NGie Cooper wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> wrote:
> > Please keep in mind that the interface here to release build processes =
has
> > been relatively stable for a long time.  Gratuitous changes for no clear
> > benefit would not be well received if it means having to do things
> > significantly differently on some branches to others.
>=20
> Understood.
>=20
> > Knowledge of how this works, and/or workarounds for the quirks in it
> > embedded in at least the following:
> > mergemaster
> > etcupdate
> > snapshot builder
> > release build process
> > cluster release build process
> > my employer's release build process, along with other people's.
>=20

And the "other people's" is exactly why etc/Makefile should remain
untouched.  Many companies build their own releases, and touching
something for the sake of touching something will inevitably break
something that has worked for a long time.

In my opinion, etc/Makefile is not broken, so there is no reason to
"fix" it.  You can consider my reply an objection to arbitrary changes
to etc/Makefile, in this case.

Glen


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