Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 19:02:22 +0100 From: Andrea Campi <andrea@webcom.it> To: Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@FreeBSD.org> Cc: will@physics.purdue.edu, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: -CURRENT and XFree86 4.0.2 problem Message-ID: <20010201190221.B8965@webcom.it> In-Reply-To: <200102011744.f11Hibe95917@freefall.freebsd.org>; from jmz@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 09:44:37AM -0800 References: <20010123101200.B542@naver.co.id> <20010131115547.C2268@webcom.it> <200101311336.f0VDaTk81098@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010131152541.F2268@webcom.it> <20010201050902.L479@puck.firepipe.net> <20010201133551.A1256@webcom.it> <200102011744.f11Hibe95917@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> Go to XFree86.org and become a developper.
>
> Do not confuse 'maintaining a port' and 'maintaining a software'.
Look, I can understand your point, but what you fail to see is
that your point doesn't get FreeBSD users, rather, it's bound
to turn them away.
Ports are not part of the system, I agree. Nonetheless, people
do use them, and should be able to rely on them.
What I talking about is something like, "hey, I have the new
port for 4.0.x ready, it's up at this URL, how about trying it
out? I will commit in 2 days". Simple, easy on everybody time,
but effective, and it would avoid accidents like this.
Your argument is the same as saying, -current is -current, so
it can break at any time. True, but we still want to give it a
reasonable amount of testing, no?
Anyway, this has been stressed to death. Sadly, my opinion is
that a few maintainers/porters agree with me, and a few other
take any suggestion, constructive or not, as an attack to the
-ports community at large. So I'll shut up...
Bye,
Andrea
--
...and that is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped.
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