Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:09:40 +1000 From: peterjeremy@optushome.com.au To: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: mplayer-0.99.11_14 Message-ID: <20090727070940.GA67081@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <200907242256.55682.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <407390A9C396D342802A99E1295F5560496763@samsafs01.samsa.local> <05C77806-2294-4198-9839-4A1CC465F5B3@samsa.com> <786602c60907221540m7aeab9abx2b773c75500819d6@mail.gmail.com> <200907242256.55682.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net>
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--r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2009-Jul-24 22:56:55 -0800, Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.ports@mailing.thru= here.net> wrote: >I don't consider sticking code into a repository "developing". This is exactly the approach the Xorg project has adopted - and the result is that Xorg is now incredibly fragile and very often broken. (Though they have gone the additional step of ripping out existing, working code for no reason other than to increase POLA violations). > Release=20 >engineering is an important part of the development process and shifting t= his=20 >burden onto packagers, while stuffing more and more non-portable code into= the=20 >repository is exactly why it's hard to find volunteers with the time and= =20 >knowledge to maintain an up-to-date mplayer port. Unfortunately, this fact appears to escaped the Xorg project as well. --=20 Peter Jeremy --r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkptUrQACgkQ/opHv/APuIdaKACfSGhlkqyOmtAOuk5LEwkNFjnU GrAAoJTYilTmk3PSJHlzOgU8sQ209Tc0 =x9BN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3--
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