From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 31 12:48:38 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79DE799D; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:48:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from koobs.freebsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pb0-x232.google.com (mail-pb0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c01::232]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4C9CC2996; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:48:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f50.google.com with SMTP id uo5so2769700pbc.37 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 05:48:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=AHd2AWQDmUGv6LkkxnRfLo5hUGjtRDktJbttcx8XCXk=; b=MrQ9Y2Gwnt6C3Im8t9jcfIeysqP9DX0PYTIREbsNzGqg6+50867YfCx/4W3tJTK/Sr WZpTdSR3gQomcdROfdrU33Qx6fKHDDgxvTS59qKWJV4nux8yTQPAqi3JBPOeBRo6UEKC QqaDHqZUfEpnvtOSoEWLIwBad+aGOIHMx6uhT3HtNwWCfANoGGEoOtpzAuV6Mb2E0Bze Ag6k0LBIk5wKrz02leh1dXidC905ji1pZ41G/fhQiX/buONlKpim+oDAYwuqKkSS4mIb 62EBkWEACY6YBqZd7HXjmRU5yeHPzh2oiI/vy8UoEMfpXyEUQaXhvJB2pQseSnzbVhUP N4Zg== X-Received: by 10.68.34.105 with SMTP id y9mr2944251pbi.15.1383223717930; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 05:48:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.7] (ppp59-167-128-11.static.internode.on.net. [59.167.128.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id xe9sm5259044pab.0.2013.10.31.05.48.34 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 31 Oct 2013 05:48:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5272519B.4040601@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:48:27 +1100 From: Kubilay Kocak User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/25.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mathias Monnerville , zeising@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: ctags-5.8 References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: koobs@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:48:38 -0000 On 31/10/2013 11:29 PM, Mathias Monnerville wrote: > Hello, > > I know ctags 5.8 is the latest upstream stable version, but I'm aware of > some nice patches and fixes labelled as ctags-5.9 in many GNU/Linux > distros. For example, Debian > chips a ctags-5.9~svn20110310 with the following changes (from > /usr/share/doc/exuberant-ctags/changelog.Debian.gz): > > exuberant-ctags (1:5.9~svn20110310-2) unstable; urgency=low > > * Add Go support, from a patch by Alexey Marinichev (closes: #634166). > > exuberant-ctags (1:5.9~svn20110310-1) unstable; urgency=low > > * New upstream release snapshot (thanks, Daniel Hahler; LP: #732860). > - Fix crash with comments inside strings in OCaml (LP: #554898). > * Drop accepted patches: > - debian/patches/make-match-loop.patch > - debian/patches/php-ignore-keywords-in-comments.patch > * For Python, disable -i so imports are not tagged by default (thanks, > Barry Warsaw; LP: #618979). > * Upstream uses AC_SYS_LARGEFILE now, so drop explicit > -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 in debian/rules. > * Fix infinite loop parsing vim commands, when a non-alphanumeric > character other than whitespace or '-' is found before the first > alphanumeric character after 'command' (LP: #736367). > > > It could be nice to also have Golang support in ctags on FreeBSD. > > I would be glad to open a PR for a new devel/ctags-devel port that I would > maintain. > > What do you think about it? > > Kind regards, > Mathias > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi Mathias, Positives: - Brings us closer to user-expectation parity - More user choice & additional feature support - You have put your hand up to contribute & maintain it (awesome!) On naming: - -devel may sound/seem like its more official than it is. What is the package name in other OS's and how is it maintained? Do they have 'one' ctags that just adds & rolls up the patches or two? Also, are there any downsides to this patch set from a user or POLA point of view? The answer this may help you determine what course of action to take Koobs