Removing Cruft from the ports tree

2011-03-31 Thread Eitan Adler
Hi, I’m been working recently on a series of PRs that called “Reaper of the Dead” PRs. I have been going through the various build files we have (for source, docs, and especially ports) and attempting to remove dead code, old cruft, and unneeded checks. Some examples include ports/155543, port

Re: Removing Cruft from the ports tree

2011-03-31 Thread Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: > Hi, > >I’m been working recently on a series of PRs that called “Reaper > of the Dead” PRs. I have been going through the various build files we > have (for source, docs, and especially ports) and attempting to remove > dead code, old cru

Re: Removing Cruft from the ports tree

2011-03-31 Thread Baptiste Daroussin
2011/4/1 Eitan Adler : > Hi, > >    I’m been working recently on a series of PRs that called “Reaper > of the Dead” PRs. I have been going through the various build files we > have (for source, docs, and especially ports) and attempting to remove > dead code, old cruft, and unneeded checks. Some ex

Re: Removing Cruft from the ports tree

2011-03-31 Thread Zhihao Yuan
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: > >> Hi, >> >>    I’m been working recently on a series of PRs that called “Reaper >> of the Dead” PRs. I have been going through the various build files we >> have (for source, d

Re: Removing Cruft from the ports tree

2011-03-31 Thread Matthew D. Fuller
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:55:02PM -0400 I heard the voice of Eitan Adler, and lo! it spake thus: > > Not only that but because maintainers would be able to choose the > best possible configuration for the their port users would no longer > have to mess around. This doesn't sound like a good idea

Re: Removing Cruft from the ports tree

2011-03-31 Thread b. f.
> Hi, > > I’m been working recently on a series of PRs that called “Reaper I'm glad to see that you're helping to clean up. > > One of the features that has given us the most trouble has been > the options framework for ports. We automatically test ports using the > default options, b

Re: Removing Cruft from the ports tree

2011-04-01 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
Hello, On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 5:55 AM, Eitan Adler wrote: > Hi, > >    I’m been working recently on a series of PRs that called “Reaper > of the Dead” PRs. I have been going through the various build files we > have (for source, docs, and especially ports) and attempting to remove > dead code, ol

Re: Removing Cruft from the ports tree

2011-04-01 Thread Freddie Cash
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Would it be to early to propose that this is just another April Fools joke? Aww, and just when the discussions were starting to heat up, you had to go and splash some cold water around. :) I was starting to look forward to a nice long

Re: Removing Cruft from the ports tree

2011-04-01 Thread Andriy Gapon
on 01/04/2011 08:57 Matthew D. Fuller said the following: > So, while removing OPTIONS alone may be good, we really need to > dismantle the system that caused the need for them in the first place > to avoid creating a greater mess. I think it coud be useful to turn > to Wikipedia for an example (a

Re: Removing Cruft from the ports tree

2011-04-01 Thread Charlie Kester
On Thu 31 Mar 2011 at 22:57:44 PDT Matthew D. Fuller wrote: So, while removing OPTIONS alone may be good, we really need to dismantle the system that caused the need for them in the first place to avoid creating a greater mess. I think it coud be useful to turn to Wikipedia for an example (and

Re: Removing Cruft from the ports tree

2011-04-12 Thread Klaus T. Aehlig
Hi, I'm disappointed that there are plans to remove the ports framework. I always considered this to be one of the very strong points of the ports infra structure, precisely because I believe... > Not only that but because maintainers would be > able to choose the best possible configuration fo

Re: Removing Cruft from the ports tree

2011-04-14 Thread David DEMELIER
2011/4/1 Baptiste Daroussin : > 2011/4/1 Eitan Adler : >> Hi, >> >>    I’m been working recently on a series of PRs that called “Reaper >> of the Dead” PRs. I have been going through the various build files we >> have (for source, docs, and especially ports) and attempting to remove >> dead code, o