From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 27 09:16:47 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 CD808106568C for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:16:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from fallbackmx07.syd.optusnet.com.au (fallbackmx07.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A6888FC18 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:16:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail17.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail17.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.198]) by fallbackmx07.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n6R79kPH014315 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:09:46 +1000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-216-251.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.216.251]) by mail17.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n6R79fNV029289 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:09:42 +1000 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n6R79fAc067108; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:09:41 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n6R79eiA067107; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:09:40 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:09:40 +1000 From: peterjeremy@optushome.com.au To: Mel Flynn Message-ID: <20090727070940.GA67081@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <407390A9C396D342802A99E1295F5560496763@samsafs01.samsa.local> <05C77806-2294-4198-9839-4A1CC465F5B3@samsa.com> <786602c60907221540m7aeab9abx2b773c75500819d6@mail.gmail.com> <200907242256.55682.mel.flynn+fbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200907242256.55682.mel.flynn+fbsd.ports@mailing.thruhere.net> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: mplayer-0.99.11_14 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: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:16:53 -0000 --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 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--