Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 17:10:52 -0700 From: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfiles: shells/ksh93 Message-ID: <200510091710.53533.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200510092317.j99NHqL9007329@bright.research.att.com> References: <200510071001.j97A1c23029414@freefall.freebsd.org> <200510091424.52316.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <200510092317.j99NHqL9007329@bright.research.att.com>
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On Sunday 09 October 2005 16:17, the author Bill Fenner contributed to the dialogue on- Re: FreeBSD ports: 1 unfetchable distfiles: shells/ksh93: >>While you are looking at this issue -- is there any way a request to the >>port >>maintainer could be initiated, asking the maintainer to regularly check the >>status of the port when the port is broken (file cannot be fetched) to >> bring the port up todate? > >Normally, the distfile survey would send a periodic email to >maintainers of ports that are unfetchable; however, it doesn't >send email about ports that are marked "BROKEN". This has an >unfortunate interaction with ports that are marked BROKEN because >they're unfetchable. > >Fixing this interaction will go on my TODO list. > >>For example Zend cannot be fetched. I think what happened was Zend >>created a port of the Zend server which can install, right out of >>the box. The mistaken assumption seems to have been made that the the >>current ZendStudio file from Zend will also unpack without the need for >>a port. The fact is it does not. > >What it looks like to me is that Zend changed how you get the >evaluation version and the port didn't get updated. The port is >for 3_5_2 and the current version appears to be 4.0. Yes - the current studio version = ZendStudio-4_0_2.tar.gz with a beta= ZendStudio-5_0_0Beta2.tar.gz the server beta is ZendStudioServer-5.0.0Beta-freebsd5.1-i386.tar.gz This needs to fix the way it pushes php.iini to /usr/local/Zend/ and installs a symbolic link to that location from /usr/local/etc/ if many more people do that we will have a path to php.ini which goes through multiple symbolic links <chuckles> - not to mention the problems when we go across filing systems!! > >> I hate it when ports drop out of maintainence and finish up not being >>available. > >Me too. However, people can't always keep up with the things that >they'd like to do. I spent about 3 years not being a good port >maintainer and neglecting the distfile survey - other things came >up. Well we are all human except me and I never make a timsake :-) > >>Also installing as a port has significant benefits -- so how >>do we get a system that deals with these 'oddities'? > >Eliminate the people from the system?... I always thought starwars had some potential value!! david -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after completing engineroom refit.
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