requesting 'QA' assistance
I have something I'd like to add to ports eventually, but it isn't read yet. I was wondering what the preferred method of requesting users take a peek at it and tell me what they think/want. The actual software would go under ports-mgmt, and has the main functionality intended. The actuall set of programs is called 'virtual ports', and it allows a keyword and virtual directory indexing of the ports tree. The goal is to allow people to play around with different designs of the ports tree without having to change the system ports tree - preventing breakage in programs, and giving both the users and maintainers of the ports tree more flexibility in organization. Should I post the tbz file on my web server, and post a link on a mailing list, or post the copied/pasted shar to the mailing list (466kb, so I'm guessing /no/ to that one). Should I post here or to -ports? Thanks, -Jim Stapleton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: requesting 'QA' assistance
In response to Jim Stapleton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have something I'd like to add to ports eventually, but it isn't read yet. I was wondering what the preferred method of requesting users take a peek at it and tell me what they think/want. The actual software would go under ports-mgmt, and has the main functionality intended. The actuall set of programs is called 'virtual ports', and it allows a keyword and virtual directory indexing of the ports tree. The goal is to allow people to play around with different designs of the ports tree without having to change the system ports tree - preventing breakage in programs, and giving both the users and maintainers of the ports tree more flexibility in organization. Should I post the tbz file on my web server, and post a link on a mailing list, or post the copied/pasted shar to the mailing list (466kb, so I'm guessing /no/ to that one). Should I post here or to -ports? My opinion would be make a .tgz of the port directory and put it on a web/ftp server somewhere, then post a link to the ports mailing list asking folks to look at it and provide feedback. Yes, a 466K shar file posted to the mailing list is going to tick a lot of people off ;) -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: requesting 'QA' assistance
On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:42:02 -0400 Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In response to Jim Stapleton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have something I'd like to add to ports eventually, but it isn't read yet. I was wondering what the preferred method of requesting users take a peek at it and tell me what they think/want. The actual software would go under ports-mgmt, and has the main functionality intended. The actuall set of programs is called 'virtual ports', and it allows a keyword and virtual directory indexing of the ports tree. The goal is to allow people to play around with different designs of the ports tree without having to change the system ports tree - preventing breakage in programs, and giving both the users and maintainers of the ports tree more flexibility in organization. Should I post the tbz file on my web server, and post a link on a mailing list, or post the copied/pasted shar to the mailing list (466kb, so I'm guessing /no/ to that one). Should I post here or to -ports? My opinion would be make a .tgz of the port directory and put it on a web/ftp server somewhere, then post a link to the ports mailing list asking folks to look at it and provide feedback. Yes, a 466K shar file posted to the mailing list is going to tick a lot of people off ;) .shar, .shar.gz, .tgz - whatever, put it somewhere and post a link to it on ports@ which is the best place for it. -- IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD user Intellectual Property is nowhere near as valuable as Intellect FreeBSD committer - [EMAIL PROTECTED], PGP Key ID 057E9F8B493A297B signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: requesting 'QA' assistance
Jim Stapleton wrote: I have something I'd like to add to ports eventually, but it isn't read yet. I was wondering what the preferred method of requesting users take a peek at it and tell me what they think/want. Normally I would agree with everyone that says to ask on -ports@ but this fits extremely well with what is generally refered to as ports 2.0 (different names are used by different members of the loose community working on it, I have CC'ed everyone else so you know who they are). The actual software would go under ports-mgmt, and has the main functionality intended. The actuall set of programs is called 'virtual ports', and it allows a keyword and virtual directory indexing of the ports tree. The goal is to allow people to play around with different designs of the ports tree without having to change the system ports tree - preventing breakage in programs, and giving both the users and maintainers of the ports tree more flexibility in organization. I don't know if this fits 100% what Ale calls virtual ports (see http://wiki.freebsd.org/PortsToDo) but it very close to the image I have for them (we need to know more details of course). I am going to forward you some stuff so you can have a better idea of where the ports 2.0 are heading. Also keep in mind that at the very least I will likely want to look at your stuff in extreme detail because something like this is a natural extension of the SoC project I am awaiting approval on. Should I post the tbz file on my web server, and post a link on a mailing list, or post the copied/pasted shar to the mailing list (466kb, so I'm guessing /no/ to that one). Should I post here or to -ports? There are some historical/political reasons why you should have a small group look at it before you post the code to -ports@ (see the references I am sending you) Thanks, -Jim Stapleton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: requesting 'QA' assistance
Oops Alex Ryba was a careless click on my behalf the actual person is Alejandro Pulver [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
