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Date:      Sun, 15 Jan 2017 19:01:21 +0100 (CET)
From:      Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
To:        ports-committers@freebsd.org
Cc:        Tijl Coosemans <tijl@FreeBSD.org>, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org,  svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r431187 - in head/devel/dbus: . files
Message-ID:  <alpine.LSU.2.20.1701151854510.3033@anthias.pfeifer.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170115141445.7b58a649@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org>
References:  <201701111507.v0BF7sXr024443@repo.freebsd.org> <20170114225816.zbx4lqxgof3zsfyq@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <20170115141445.7b58a649@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org>

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On Sun, 15 Jan 2017, Tijl Coosemans wrote
> I'm really tired of FreeBSD putting files in different locations.  
> It's just more work and no benefit.  Pain without gain.
:
> I also still think we should move libdata/pkgconfig to lib/pkgconfig.  
> The pile of hacks and patches that could be removed from the ports tree 
> is truly immense and no user would ever realise it or care about it.

Amen.

(Nine patches across the lang/gcc* ports alone, and every time I've 
done a bigger update throughout the last 12 years at least something 
to dig in, review, and sometimes adjust. Not. Cheap.)

Gerald



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