On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:40:09 -0500 Mark Linimon articulated: > Finally, I agree that FreeBSD can't "guarantee" any given ports will > work, but I think we owe the users the effort to make sure if a port > is included, it's at least not completely useless.
To "guarantee" that the port will work is certainly beyond the scope of the ports system; however, to guarantee that it is fetch-able and build-able is an implied action by the simple fact that it is included in the ports structure. If, after a reasonable amount of time, a solution for a port's inability to properly build or if the port is just plain not able to be fetched, then it should be removed from the port system. There is no upside to keeping ports that will not build, or cannot be fetched. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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"
