Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 04:32:59 -0500 From: Tim A <cxtim@live.com> To: <matthias.andree@gmx.de>, <ports@freebsd.org>, <r.c.ladan@gmail.com>, <yanefbsd@gmail.com>, <itetcu@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Dixit port bad management Message-ID: <COL105-W41D3B22CCCD251ACA37E88C8F30@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <op.vb57e7ec1e62zd@merlin.emma.line.org> References: <COL105-W64A7586A8A88F0FC9457A9C8F10@phx.gbl>, <v2u7d6fde3d1005031200y5e5243b5yb3b566d2a26a1b21@mail.gmail.com>, <4BDF1F8D.4090401@gmail.com> <20100503230127.58979b9f@it.buh.tecnik93.com>, <op.vb57e7ec1e62zd@merlin.emma.line.org>
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Hi Matthias=2C
Thank you for the email and your efforts.=20
I have no problem with anything. Otherwise=2C your logic is wrong. At leas=
t one person was interested.=20
Best=2C
Tim=20
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> Subject: Fwd: Re: Dixit port bad management
> To: cxtim@live.com
> Date: Tue=2C 4 May 2010 09:36:33 +0200
> From: matthias.andree@gmx.de
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> Hi Tim=2C
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> I am writing this just so the announcement doesn't get lost and double=20
> effort is wasted... please see below=2C unless you've seen it on the list=
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> already. For further discussion=2C please continue using the=20
> ports@freebsd.org mailing list.
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> HTH
> Matthias
> (mandree@freebsd.org)
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> ------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------
> Von: "Ion-Mihai Tetcu" <itetcu@freebsd.org>
> An: "Rene Ladan" <r.c.ladan@gmail.com>
> Kopie: ports@freebsd.org=2C "Garrett Cooper" <yanefbsd@gmail.com>
> Betreff: Re: Dixit port bad management
> Datum: Mon=2C 03 May 2010 22:01:27 +0200
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> On Mon=2C 03 May 2010 21:10:05 +0200
> Rene Ladan <r.c.ladan@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On 03-05-2010 21:00=2C Garrett Cooper wrote:
> > > On Sun=2C May 2=2C 2010 at 12:59 PM=2C Tim A <cxtim@live.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> 1) I don't understand why the Textproc/Dixit port is so badly
> > >> managed. The program itself is at version 10.4=2C while your
> > >> unprofessional port still stays at version 1.0.1=2C claiming that
> > >> the GCC 4.2 compilation is broken.
> > >>
> > >> 2) I don't understand either why you don't use Dixit sourceforge
> > >> RSS feeds to know when a new version is available.
> > >>
> > >> 3) I don't understand how your Dixit port points to files which
> > >> don't exist anymore.
> > >>
> > >> 4) I don't understand the suprematism attitude of the maintainers
> > >> in charge=2C who don't give a penny on the programs they are suppose
> > >> to maintain. They are only interested in the statistics generated
> > >> by their unprofessional ports=2C but not in their quality.
> > >
> > > Tim=2C
> > >
> > > Here's a start. I'll leave it as an exercise for you to fix the rest
> > > of the bits=3B I at least got you past the fun sites change in the
> > > extract part=2C but the path for ${_DB_D} with what's setup in the
> > > Makefile differs from reality (the current path is:
> > > ${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/project/dixit/dixit_qdb/dixit.qdb.tar.bz2 =2C not
> > > ${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/project/dixit/dixit/10.4/dixit.qdb.tar.bz2 )=3B
> > > you probably don't want to pull the potentially out-of-sync zip
> > > file from ftp*.freebsd.org =2C especially because we can decompress a
> > > tarball natively without installing archivers/unzip .
> > >
> > > I've trimmed out a lot of the fud=2C but you'll probably have to do
> > > some hacking to get the project to work with QT3 or QT4 (hopefully
> > > the latter).
> > >
> > > The porter's handbook [1] is your guide as well as make(1) [2].
> > >
> > > After that=2C run `make makesum all install ' . Submit a PR with the
> > > diffs for all of the files if it works to your liking.
> > >
> > Before running 'make install'=2C run 'port test' to see if the port is
> > nicely formatted and that the package contents is correct=2C meaning it
> > doesn't leave files behind on uninstall or tries to uninstall files
> > which don't exist.
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> Blah=2C don't loose the time on this. You won't get any PR anyway.
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> I committed an update to the port=2C which almost works in this version
> (except the menus=2C and that might be a question of fonts/locale).
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> Then tomorrow I'll nicely drop maintainership and schedule it for
> deletion=2C no body being interested in it and me being so unprofessional=
.
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> Damn=2C there goes my record!
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> --=20
> Matthias Andree
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