From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 1 17:24:05 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F40A106568B for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:24:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f185.google.com (mail-pz0-f185.google.com [209.85.222.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15F008FC19 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:24:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk15 with SMTP id 15so3653913pzk.3 for ; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:24:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=9OR9OmE50b3Upmkt2UYqUa23YwwnaKQoSbufTNMhViU=; b=gyvD5Jz0PJxzQ8BsngeuH7giVBMcY76juwYZCoRJ1i0HEbaYqhrynetnIWDsXZ+0H1 Ake4NJQCk7XHRhoM6xS18R20CFWbrUB50Yd3N0XehOA464HRBa1AE7Qgz22hoEy8BBid w8IaLwTyzoyF3+wEMMAST8lko4wozjcoEUrD4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=c9jqlySu17+gZunMOrt8OY00CQL2T6BtLUMnAeKb3WvLtUze8e1PCgBDOf1TVgRR+W TmMJ5I6ioIAzkFjmH0acSIWYGsQPuax+ChP789PUiO6BzoHf6NwfoCGF/q04PHCq0yAT fhIQaaVkv9aKWixUQ83fw6fQdRWzMLDjmjhdo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.27.12 with SMTP id e12mr671258wfj.221.1259688244741; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:24:04 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B15212C.5060201@bsdforen.de> References: <4B15212C.5060201@bsdforen.de> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:24:04 -0800 Message-ID: From: Freddie Cash To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: creating a meta port ports-mgmt/pkg_upgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:24:05 -0000 On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Dominic Fandrey wrote: > It has been suggested to me to split pkg_upgrade out of > sysutils/bsdadminscripts and create a separate port in > ports-mgmt/pkg_upgrade, because people have difficulty to find > it, unless they stumble over one of my shameless advertisements. > > This however is not compatible with my plan to share code between > scripts in the future. Hence the only alternative seems to me, > a meta port in ports-mgmt/pkg_upgrade that depends on > sysutils/bsdadminscripts. > > Would such a thing be accepted? I feel sceptical, because it does > not even depend on several packages and the real solution in my > opinion would be if people searched the ports tree with > "make quicksearch cat=ports-mgmt" instead of browsing the file > system. But they don't and I know of no way making them do it. > You could always split out the common code into a library port, and make that a dependency for the pkg_upgrade and bsdadminscripts ports. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com