Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:30:40 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Is a new port acceptable (PR/126872) Message-ID: <20081111103040.94946nhqswycg4ws@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <02140738@bb.ipt.ru> References: <02140738@bb.ipt.ru>
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Quoting Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> (from Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:49:17 +0300)= : > Hello All, > > > there is a PR to create a new linux port: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dports/126872 > > This port seems to be an infrastructure linux port. Usually we create > new infrastructure linux ports when they are needed to run some other > linux application. This port is not required by any. Hence I'm not > sure if this port is needed. > > Should this port be committed? What do you think? Thanks! What about asking the submitter how this is supposed to be used? So far I haven't come up with a situation where it makes sense to =20 commit it. If it is used in a chroot, then I would assume one of the =20 gentoo linux base ports, and then the gentoo infrastructure should be =20 used to install it. If it is used as a stand-alone scripting language, =20 the native one should work too. If it is used from some linux binary =20 (linking to tcl libs), it would be interesting to know which binaries =20 are involved, and if there will be a port for them or not (if it is =20 some popular commercial package, there may be no port available soon, =20 but it would make sense to have the linux-tcl port in the tree). Bye, Alexander. --=20 A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that balances are correct. =09=09-- Princess Irulan, "Manual of Maud'Dib" http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137
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