Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 15:42:36 +0300 From: Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru> To: Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> Cc: paul+usenet@w6yx.stanford.edu, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposal: mechanism for local patches Message-ID: <20081203124236.GC70240@hades.panopticon> In-Reply-To: <20081202201610.GA8753@atarininja.org> References: <gh1l3n$22rv$1@hairball.ziemba.us> <20081202180743.GB70240@hades.panopticon> <20081202201610.GA8753@atarininja.org>
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* Wesley Shields (wxs@FreeBSD.org) wrote: > I like you're idea here, but unfortunately directory names are not > unique. For example there is japanese/xchat and irc/xchat. This means > you'll have to go with the "dual-level" layout. As it was suggested, there's UNIQUENAME, but I'd prefer category/portname then. UNIQUENAME may be unintuitive sometimes. > > Here's the draft patch for this functionality: > > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~amdmi3/local-patchdir.patch > > Other than the above comment I like the patch and would love to see it > implemented. I think it can provide a benefit in situations where > companies/people are doing things with ports that they do not want to > contribute back. That's always useful, I think I'll improve it and make it committed after the freeze is over. -- Dmitry Marakasov . 55B5 0596 FF1E 8D84 5F56 9510 D35A 80DD F9D2 F77D amdmi3@amdmi3.ru ..: jabber: amdmi3@jabber.ru http://www.amdmi3.ru
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