From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 28 09:35:02 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CEEE9BD for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:35:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.contact@marino.st) Received: from shepard.synsport.net (mail.synsport.com [208.69.230.148]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 148772EA8 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:35:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.35] (157.Red-79-159-31.staticIP.rima-tde.net [79.159.31.157]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by shepard.synsport.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A627435A3; Mon, 28 Oct 2013 04:34:49 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <526E2FB8.5060906@marino.st> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:34:48 +0100 From: John Marino User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130509 Thunderbird/17.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dominic Fandrey Subject: Re: State of the Porters' Handbook References: <526E234F.3090005@bsdforen.de> <526E2492.9080107@wasikowski.net> <526E2600.9010409@bsdforen.de> <526E272D.3040607@marino.st> <526E2E8D.3020109@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <526E2E8D.3020109@bsdforen.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ports@freebsd.org, =?UTF-8?B?xYF1a2FzeiBXxIVzaWtvd3NraQ==?= X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: marino@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:35:02 -0000 On 10/28/2013 10:29, Dominic Fandrey wrote: > On 28/10/2013 09:58, John Marino wrote: >> On 10/28/2013 09:53, Dominic Fandrey wrote: >> 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? They can hardcode into the stage directory. Anywhere else is wrong and has to be fixed. >> 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. Bapt has made several calls for help to document this in the Porters Handbook. He's said it's on his plate but he's behind and has asked for the help. Maybe you could help him out? John