Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 18:53:41 -0500 From: Christopher Nehren <apeiron@comcast.net> To: FreeBSD Ports List <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Suggestion for distinction of XS Perl ports Message-ID: <20040206235341.GA13071@prophecy.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20040206215244.GA1719@moo.holy.cow> References: <20040206173646.GA98792@prophecy.dyndns.org> <20040206183841.GB385@moo.holy.cow> <20040206194011.GA1000@prophecy.dyndns.org> <20040206215244.GA1719@moo.holy.cow>
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--qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 16:52:44 EST, parv scribbled these curious markings: > I did not want to explicitly say that adding 'XS' to a Perl module > port's name for the sole reason to make it easy for one person to > upgrade was silly. >=20 > See also... >=20 > http://groups.google.com/groups?th=3D69ac9ba85ec82d5a Okay, that makes sense. > That seems a better/cleaner idea than to put XS in a port's > directory name. Agreed. I'd personally like to see something like this, and wouldn't=20 mind maintaining it either. For someone like me (who has close to a hundred Perl modules installed), it can be a great time saver, especially on a low-resource machine. I'd also like to receive more comments about this -- if it is to make it into FreeBSD, I want it to work as well as possible. --=20 I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson - Please CC me in all replies, even if I'm on the relevant list(s). --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAJCkFk/lo7zvzJioRAp+lAKCBgEdGofxb3tQwJBPDwOoQU4ku9wCfSl/M MbUjlWqyZGSWnfuvEl9wIGU= =DLSs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk--
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