On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 02:33:33PM -0700, Stephen Hurd wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > >>Actually, I found it quite easy to have the port pull the sources from > >>svn. Who are we concerned about making it easier for and why (and how > >>is it any easier?) > >> > > > >Everyone behind a firewall that only allows fetching via HTTP/FTP, for > >one. Also everyone without live network access, and those with > >pay-per-download who have a free local distfile mirror, etc. > > > >Tarballs are overwhelmingly preferred. > > > >Kris > > > Ok... I was looking at it from the standpoint of someone who wants the > newest version and doesn't care of the pkg-plist is stale. They could > just bump PORTREVISION and reinstall. > > So... how about this: > - A distfile target which generates a distfile. The idea being that > this would be the one on the local distfile mirror or what have you. > - A WITH_SVN option (defaults to off) which allows the end user to > specify he/she wants to use the subversion. > > In this case then, the end user would need to bump PORTREVISION and > enable the WITH_SVN option.
That sounds fine. Kris _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
