Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 19:36:51 +0300 (EEST) From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG> To: mi@aldan.algebra.com (Mikhail Teterin) Cc: sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: support for a.out in ports Message-ID: <200108281636.f7SGaph57218@vega.vega.com> In-Reply-To: <no.id> from "Mikhail Teterin" at Aug 28, 2001 11:58:00 AM
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> > On 28 Aug, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > >> They are not that difficult to add... Should the minor numbers > >> be tolerated? Should they be welcome? Should they be actively > >> encouraged? Thanks, > > > > No, they shouldn't, unless it is a binary-only package. > > They should not what? There were three questions, starting with > "should", but only one answer :-) 3 x shouldn't, should it be clearer. > > a.out support is dead, and soon will be retired from bsd.port.mk as > > well. > > If this the "official" position, could you provide the reference or > something so I can remove the minor numbers from my ports' pkg-plists? No, it is not official position (I'm speaking with my Joe Ordinary-Porter hat on), but it reflects discussions I had with other committers regarding the topic. I donno if it counts, though. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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