Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 03:02:28 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: dicen@hooked.net Cc: torstenb@freebsd.org, John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>, asami@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org, www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/2190: need cross-reference to xpdf from X11 ports tree Message-ID: <4015.850388548@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 12 Dec 1996 02:45:14 GMT." <32AF71BA.794BDF32@hooked.net>
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> I totally agree here. The ports management system (or lack there of) > needs major improvement. The package system isn't much better. We arrive at this point about once every 6 months. In order to save time for all concerned, here's the script we generally use: 0. Someone complains about an obvious shortcoming of the ports & packaging system which has been known about for (checks watch) going on 3 years now. 1. I respond with "we know both systems are deficient, please submit your prototype code for improving it and we'll start the review process; a catalog of shortcomings we already have, it's working solutions we need now." 2. The original folks complaining about the ports/package system come back with "oh, I'm much too busy/inexperienced/tired to actually do anything about it right now, I just thought you'd want to know." 3. A few people who are genuinely motivated to work on the problem but truly far too busy to do anything else submit tentative proposals "in case anyone should want to pick [the problem] up." Someone also usually suggests the PRMs about this point and starts a whole sub-discussion on their shortcomings. 4. I submit a longer proposal based on several of the other proposals which only one or two people actually read, the rest going "damn, there's another really long proposal from jkh! I'll, erm, file it." 5. Most agree that there have been some "really good ideas discussed, yep, and wouldn't the ports/packages system be better off if someone implemented them. Yep." 6. Silence. 7. Unconditional branch to step 0. :-) Jordan
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