Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 09:01:37 -0600 From: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> To: Matthias Andree <mandree@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports Ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Need help with Pidgin-Skype port Message-ID: <D2E34C8E-0B2B-4143-B888-D627A44ADA60@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4D0E138C.5090302@FreeBSD.org> References: <4D0E138C.5090302@FreeBSD.org>
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On Dec 19, 2010, at 08:15 , Matthias Andree wrote:
> 2. review if checking out sources like this from SVN is ok, or rather =
frowned
> up. The upstream maintainer doesn't provide source tarballs.
Don't do this. If the upstream doesn't provide snapshots, you'll need =
to make tarballs yourself, stick them in =
freefall:~/public_distfiles/<foo> and set
MASTER_SITES=3D ${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL}
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=3D <freefall-user-name>
in the port Makefile.
> 3. (related to 2) since the stuff is GPLv2, do we need to cache =
sources in case
> googlecode ever drops off the world?
Irrelevant. See #2 above.
-aDe
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