On 05/25/2010 10:16, Gabor PALI wrote: > Hello there, > > Recently I have tagged the following popular but Cabalized applications > in the Ports Collection with the "hs-" prefix: > > - darcs [1]: devel/darcs -> devel/hs-darcs > - pandoc [2]: textproc/pandoc -> textproc/hs-pandoc > - xmonad [3]: x11-wm/xmonad -> x11-wm/hs-xmonad, x11-wm/xmonad-contrib > -> x11-wm/hs-xmonad-contrib > - xmobar [4]: x11/xmobar -> x11/hs-xmobar >
+1 > > I would like to ask everybody who is reading this message and using any > of these ports to comment on this change. +1 > > The reason was to do so that they are direct translation of their > hackages coming HackageDB [5], and as the port of the Haskell Platform > [6] is under way they would really serve the purpose for representing > the FreeBSD (binary and stable) version of the corresponding > applications. So there would be two (mutually exclusive) ways for > installing them. In case of xmonad: > > - The native way: > > # pkg_add -r haskell-platform +1 > # cabal install xmonad -1 > > Pros: Access updates and fixes immediately, not need for using the Ports > Collection, support for multiple versions for the same packages. > Cons: Need to build everything from sources, packages might be broken, > cannot remove installed applications. -1 > > > - The FreeBSD way: > > # pkg_add -r hs-xmonad +1 > > Pros: Reliable and stable dependencies, versions and updates, support > for binary-only installs, support for removing packages. +1 > Cons: Might not be the up-to-date, multiple versions for the same > package are not supported, not every package is ported. -1 > > > Please send "+1" or "-1" depending on whether you support or object this > change. Thank you! +1 > > > Cheers, +1 > :g > > > [1] http://www.darcs.net/ > [2] http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/ > [3] http://www.xmonad.org/ > [4] http://code.haskell.org/~arossato/xmobar/ > [5] http://hackage.haskell.org/ > [6] http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/ +1 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" -1 I believe this is one step in the right direction. Running total: 4 ;) -- jhell _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"