Paul Schmehl wrote:
Is this how it should always be done?
This is my point. On many of these criteria there is an uncomfortable
amount of "squishyness" so that port maintainers, *especially* new ones,
are unsure what the "right" thing to do is. The porters handbook seems
written from the standpoint of a guide more than a manual. IOW, it
advises rather than instructs. I think that needs to change, because it
would bring more consistency to bear on ports and eliminate some of the
questions that get repeatedly asked because folks are unsure of the answer.
I think that too much formalization in the porting rules would harm the
system. We need standards, but we can't cover every single case. There
will be ported apps which can't fit in a too strict set of rules. Also
stricter rules will cover less and less special cases, creating
exceptions. Porting techniques need to be flexible.
This is, obviously, just my own opinion.
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Guido Falsi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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