Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 18:51:22 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Jean-Yves Lefort <jylefort@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, alejandro@varnet.biz, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/games Makefile ports/games/linux-ut2003-demo Makefile distinfo pkg-descr ports/games/linux-ut2003-demo/files ut2003-demo.in Message-ID: <20050904185122.29cc5e11@Magellan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20050904171849.21d7613c.jylefort@FreeBSD.org> References: <200509032046.j83KkpQL082427@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050904124420.545395cb@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <20050904171849.21d7613c.jylefort@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 17:18:49 +0200
Jean-Yves Lefort <jylefort@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > > Log:
> > > Add linux-ut2003-demo.
> >
> > Why is it necessary to generate the plist at install time? As far as I
> > can see the port installs a fixed set of files and doesn't do any magic
> > to prevent the installation of files depending on a complex set of
> > options or the state of the moon.
>
> It reduces the size of the port by about 40kb, and eases future updates.
We had a discussion on ports@ a while ago: As long as there are no very
urgent reasons to use a install-time generated plist a maintainer
should (as in: we point with fingers on you if you don't do it) use a
static plist since it is more beneficial for most people.
Bye,
Alexander.
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