Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 23:43:03 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Clarification on fetch/extract targets Message-ID: <20070617034303.GA35282@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <4674572D.9060707@sasktel.net> References: <4673B0DB.3040100@sasktel.net> <A067E197-1540-43E6-B396-7F08179C0CA2@brooknet.com.au> <46742CF6.3050901@sasktel.net> <20070616202819.GA29331@rot13.obsecurity.org> <4674572D.9060707@sasktel.net>
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On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 02:33:33PM -0700, Stephen Hurd wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > >>Actually, I found it quite easy to have the port pull the sources from > >>svn. Who are we concerned about making it easier for and why (and how > >>is it any easier?) > >> > > > >Everyone behind a firewall that only allows fetching via HTTP/FTP, for > >one. Also everyone without live network access, and those with > >pay-per-download who have a free local distfile mirror, etc. > > > >Tarballs are overwhelmingly preferred. > > > >Kris > > > Ok... I was looking at it from the standpoint of someone who wants the > newest version and doesn't care of the pkg-plist is stale. They could > just bump PORTREVISION and reinstall. > > So... how about this: > - A distfile target which generates a distfile. The idea being that > this would be the one on the local distfile mirror or what have you. > - A WITH_SVN option (defaults to off) which allows the end user to > specify he/she wants to use the subversion. > > In this case then, the end user would need to bump PORTREVISION and > enable the WITH_SVN option. That sounds fine. Kris
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