Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 02:29:03 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: mi@aldan.algebra.com Cc: sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: support for a.out in ports Message-ID: <20010901022903.A76184@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200108281729.f7SHTGk24427@misha.privatelabs.com>; from mi@aldan.algebra.com on Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 01:29:15PM -0400 References: <200108281636.f7SGaph57218@vega.vega.com> <200108281729.f7SHTGk24427@misha.privatelabs.com>
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--tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 01:29:15PM -0400, mi@aldan.algebra.com wrote: > >> > a.out support is dead, and soon will be retired from bsd.port.mk as > >> > well. > >> > >> If this the "official" position, could you provide the reference > >> or something so I can remove the minor numbers from my ports' > >> pkg-plists? > > > > No, it is not official position (I'm speaking with my Joe > > Ordinary-Porter hat on), but it reflects discussions I had with other > > committers regarding the topic. I donno if it counts, though. >=20 > Ok, thank you. The official policy/strategy is what I was trying to dig > up... That's one more inconsistency we have in the ports tree right now. >=20 > My personal feeling would be quite the opposite -- I think it is cool to > support this, especially since the framework is already in place and is > really cheap. If some developer happens to put the wrong minor number > (because he/she only works with elf) -- it is an easily fixed PR... I > wish there was some way to count the actual number of users who use one > way or another... If you were going to be doing the entirety of the work, and it would have zero impact on other committers, then it might be a different story. It's probably not something we'd officially support, but if you wanted to personally do it and take care of the support load then there might be agreement. Kris --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7kKpfWry0BWjoQKURAntGAJ9FdG2ukiB13QgE8cAXmt9YwuqyNgCgqO0G Sm7utVFSul9A6Prjdh0A6nY= =NGZt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tThc/1wpZn/ma/RB-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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