Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:08:39 +0200 From: Ulrich =?utf-8?B?U3DDtnJsZWlu?= <uqs@spoerlein.net> To: Alexander Kabaev <kabaev@gmail.com> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Resurrection of src/games Message-ID: <20090721200839.GH98331@acme.spoerlein.net> In-Reply-To: <20090721145351.5989090c@kan.dnsalias.net> References: <20090721183046.GF98331@acme.spoerlein.net> <20090721145351.5989090c@kan.dnsalias.net>
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On Tue, 21.07.2009 at 14:53:51 -0400, Alexander Kabaev wrote: > On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:30:46 +0200 > Ulrich Spörlein <uqs@spoerlein.net> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > would it be possible to resurrect src/games from the Attic? Either > > placing the files at their original version or creating a new svn > > "project" for them? > > > > The Dragonfly guys did a lot of cleanup to the sources, as did the > > other BSDs. I would integrate these patches and cleanups, but doing > > it in form of patches under ports/games/freebsd-games/files ... sucks. > > > > The goal would then be to cut a tarball at regular intervals for the > > port to use. > > > > Thanks for your consideration! > > Bye, Uli > > > If the goal is to have these in ports, why won't you cut tarballs > straight out of Dragonfly repo? Good question, haven't thought about it that way. With Dragonfly and FreeBSD diverging more and more, it might turn into a patch-fest eventually (but since there's hardly any active development, I guess that's rather unlikely). Just seems to be a shame, that this historic legacy is abandoned ... Bye, Uli
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