On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:03:54 EST erik quanstrom <quans...@labs.coraid.com> wrote: > > I am suggesting breaking out just the diffs and new mkfiles in > > a separate tree so that one can do > > > > mk all && mk install > > > > This can fetch the necessary bits, apply patches, build, test, > > create downloadable binaries (with crypto signatures if you > > care) etc. As part of this it can mk any dependencies. One > > of which can pull in changes for ape. Right now all this seems > > rather manual. As more changes are merged back in the upstream > > sources, port diffs can reduce. > > patches are the plan 9 standard way of doing > things. they've been submitted, and can be > applied by anyone.
Right but clearly this is not working well. Anyway, I'll try to find time to whip up a prototype of what I am talking about.
