Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 07:52:38 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenOffice2.0 64Bit ready? Message-ID: <20050811145238.GA11289@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050811130805.GA48042@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <42ECB269.4030206@mail.uni-mainz.de> <20050802172840.GE71672@dragon.NUXI.org> <20050805225309.GA99941@luke.immure.com> <20050810034707.GA49313@dragon.NUXI.org> <20050810061322.GA91774@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050810230238.GA3571@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050810232819.GA1035@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050811005508.GA35453@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050811051125.GA8733@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050811130805.GA48042@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 09:08:05AM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 10:11:25PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 08:55:08PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 04:28:19PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 07:02:38PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 11:13:22PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > To some extent, the Ports Collection has outlived its usefulness. > > > > > > It took me 4 hours to fix libgmp4 and add a new port for mpfr > > > > > > because the Porter's Handbook is useless. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the constructive criticism! > > > > > > > > Your welcomed. Now, I'll wait to see how long it > > > > takes to commit the change. > > > > > > *sound of sarcasm going by Steve* > > > > > > > Touche. > > > > man ports > > > > BUGS > > Ports documentation is split over four places -- > > /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk, The Porter's Handbook, the ``Packages and > > Ports'' chapter of The FreeBSD Handbook, and this manual page. > > Do you have a specific point? Some of those 4 sources duplicate a lot > of information, and also cover different areas. What about this, > precisely, makes the Porters' Handbook "useless", in your opinion? Each of those documents contains material not found in the others. One may need to read *all* 4 to find the answer to their question. That is, if one knows all 4 exists. > > I believe sarcasm looks like > > > > 2000/06/30 ports/19594 new port: x11/qrash-sdl > > If you say so. > Oh the irony. This repartee started with my statement "To some extent, the Ports Collection has outlived its usefulness." I listed only those PR's with "new port" in the subject. Don't you find it somewhat useless for someone to submit a "new port" when it sits in the PR database for 5 years, 1 month, 12 days. Several of the others have sat in the PR database for 3 or more years. -- Steve
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