Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:46:48 +1000 From: Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au> To: Bartosz Fabianowski <freebsd@chillt.de> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 170kB patch - how to handle? Message-ID: <C9BFC758-3203-4279-BBEC-9769FD1B3B6B@brooknet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <460C73A4.1070901@chillt.de> References: <460C73A4.1070901@chillt.de>
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On 30/03/2007, at 12:19 PM, Bartosz Fabianowski wrote: > Good day > > I would like to improve the audio/libvorbis port by optionally > patching in the aoTuV psychoacoustics, which are considered to be > superior to stock libvorbis. However, the patch file that does this > is ~170kB in size. I am wondering whether it is OK to put such a > large file directly into the ports tree or if it should be > downloaded as a distfile by each user. Is there any guideline on > which would be the correct method? I would hate for my suggestion > to be rejected by the port's maintainer due to me getting a > formality like this wrong. I think it's better to keep something like this on ftp or http due to its size and the fact that most people probably won't turn on that option. You can use PATCH_SITES and PATCHFILES in combination with a new port knob to automatically download and apply the patches.
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