From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 26 13:19:39 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E8131065676 for ; Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:19:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11D128FC18 for ; Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:19:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.1]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.14.4/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id p2QDJBbh074683 ; Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:19:24 +0100 (CET) X-Ids: 165 Received: from niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.41]) by parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BD761FE0B; Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:19:10 +0100 (CET) Received: by niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix, from userid 2005) id C569640F0; Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:19:14 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:19:14 +0100 From: Michel Talon To: Baptiste Daroussin Message-ID: <20110326131914.GA17636@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Miltered: at jchkmail.jussieu.fr with ID 4D8DE7CF.003 by Joe's j-chkmail (http : // j-chkmail dot ensmp dot fr)! X-j-chkmail-Enveloppe: 4D8DE7CF.003/134.157.10.1/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/ Cc: Marcin Wisnicki , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [ECFT] pkgng 0.1-alpha1: a replacement for pkg_install X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:19:39 -0000 > This can still be discussed but I don't really like the idea that > users may alter packages an installation/extraction time, that would > lead to lots of potential buggy installation and report. > If user aren't happy with the packaging, they can poke the maintainer, > send PR, patch etc. The whole point of *binary* packages is that people don't mess changing options, changing what is installed, etc. so that port maintainers know exactly what people have on their machine, and be able to test it. This is a prerequisite for a system which is not a complete mess. Those you like to change things are on their own. -- Michel TALON