Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:41:10 +0300 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: Stas Timokhin <stast@bsdportal.ru>, freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Is a new port acceptable (PR/126872) Message-ID: <69987625@bb.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <20081111103040.94946nhqswycg4ws@webmail.leidinger.net> (Alexander Leidinger's message of "Tue\, 11 Nov 2008 10\:30\:40 %2B0100") References: <02140738@bb.ipt.ru> <20081111103040.94946nhqswycg4ws@webmail.leidinger.net>
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Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> writes: > 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=ports/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? Yep, that was my intention to do after reading some feedback here. ;-) > So far I haven't come up with a situation where it makes sense to > commit it. If it is used in a chroot, then I would assume one of the > gentoo linux base ports, and then the gentoo infrastructure should be > used to install it. If it is used as a stand-alone scripting language, > the native one should work too. If it is used from some linux binary > (linking to tcl libs), it would be interesting to know which binaries > are involved, and if there will be a port for them or not (if it is > some popular commercial package, there may be no port available soon, > but it would make sense to have the linux-tcl port in the tree). Well, this is just what I think. Thanks! OK, CCing the submitter of the PR. Stas, can you please elaborate on how are you planning to use this port? WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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