From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 28 09:29:54 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32F7A8BF; Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:29:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kamikaze@bsdforen.de) Received: from mail.server1.bsdforen.de (bsdforen.de [82.193.243.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E608B2E4C; Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:29:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mobileKamikaze.norad (MN-VPN2.HS-Karlsruhe.DE [193.196.117.63]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.server1.bsdforen.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A9262861EE; Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:29:49 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <526E2E8D.3020109@bsdforen.de> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:29:49 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey MIME-Version: 1.0 To: marino@freebsd.org Subject: Re: State of the Porters' Handbook References: <526E234F.3090005@bsdforen.de> <526E2492.9080107@wasikowski.net> <526E2600.9010409@bsdforen.de> <526E272D.3040607@marino.st> In-Reply-To: <526E272D.3040607@marino.st> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: ports@freebsd.org, =?UTF-8?B?xYF1a2FzeiBXxIVzaWtvd3NraQ==?= X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:29:54 -0000 On 28/10/2013 09:58, John Marino wrote: > On 10/28/2013 09:53, Dominic Fandrey wrote: >> On 28/10/2013 09:47, Łukasz Wąsikowski wrote: >>> W dniu 2013-10-28 09:41, Dominic Fandrey pisze: >>> >>>> Neither staging nor license management are described in the Porters' >>>> Handbook. >>>> >>>> Why again should we bother to support it? >>>> >>>> What happened to "the feature that is not documented doesn't exist"? >>> >>> Lack of good documentation is real problem for me to convert ports to >>> staging. Porter's Handbook is seriously lagging behind recent changes - >>> staging, license management, shabang fixes, etc. >> >> If it was up for a vote, I'd vote for a feature stop until the PH >> is back in a decent condition. >> >> Kudos to the people who documented the new options framework. >> > > For all intents and purposes - licensing "feature" doesn't exist. The > same issues you are raising have been raised before. Apparently the > full licensing infrastructure is still lacking so it's in some kind of > limbo. > > However, converting to stagedir is reasonably documented here: > https://wiki.freebsd.org/ports/StageDir That's a handfull. What about installers that hard-code directories during install? > You don't have a choice with supporting stage -- new ports without stage > aren't accepted. So that's why you have to bother. :) That doesn't sound acceptable, considering the feature isn't even mentioned in the Porters' Handbook. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?