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Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au>
Subject: Re: Clarification on fetch/extract targets
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Kris Kennaway wrote:
>> Actually, I found it quite easy to have the port pull the sources from 
>> svn.  Who are we concerned about making it easier for and why (and how 
>> is it any easier?)
>>     
>
> Everyone behind a firewall that only allows fetching via HTTP/FTP, for
> one.  Also everyone without live network access, and those with
> pay-per-download who have a free local distfile mirror, etc.
>
> Tarballs are overwhelmingly preferred.
>
> Kris
>   
Ok... I was looking at it from the standpoint of someone who wants the 
newest version and doesn't care of the pkg-plist is stale.  They could 
just bump PORTREVISION and reinstall.

So... how about this:
- A distfile target which generates a distfile.  The idea being that 
this would be the one on the local distfile mirror or what have you.
- A WITH_SVN option (defaults to off) which allows the end user to 
specify he/she wants to use the subversion.

In this case then, the end user would need to bump PORTREVISION and 
enable the WITH_SVN option.