Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 01:51:55 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: Jean-Yves Lefort <jylefort@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, alejandro@varnet.biz, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/games Makefile ports/games/linux-ut2003-demo Makefile distinfo pkg-descr ports/games/linux-ut2003-demo/files ut2003-demo.in Message-ID: <20050906085155.GC28504@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <20050904185122.29cc5e11@Magellan.Leidinger.net> References: <200509032046.j83KkpQL082427@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050904124420.545395cb@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <20050904171849.21d7613c.jylefort@FreeBSD.org> <20050904185122.29cc5e11@Magellan.Leidinger.net>
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On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 06:51:22PM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > We had a discussion on ports@ a while ago: As long as there are no very > urgent reasons to use a install-time generated plist a maintainer > should (as in: we point with fingers on you if you don't do it) use a > static plist since it is more beneficial for most people. There are many "broken" ports that we have simply because a port was upgraded and a new file was added that the committer didn't notice. If we want static PLISTs we should create better tools for the autogeneration of them. Something like "make checksum" to autogenerate the distinfo file. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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