From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 3 21:22:49 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 056B93B5; Wed, 3 Sep 2014 21:22:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1a.lautre.net (eyra.lautre.net [80.67.160.71]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.lautre.net", Issuer "StartCom Class 2 Primary Intermediate Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4221818CD; Wed, 3 Sep 2014 21:22:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from graf.pompo.net (graf.pompo.net [78.225.128.39]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: thierry@pompo.net) by mx1a.lautre.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B39544120F; Wed, 3 Sep 2014 23:22:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: by graf.pompo.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5DEC671E389; Wed, 3 Sep 2014 23:22:43 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 23:22:43 +0200 From: Thierry Thomas To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [BRAINSTORMING] simplifying maintainer's life Message-ID: <20140903212243.GK63931@graf.pompo.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, ports@FreeBSD.org References: <20140903082538.GE63085@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <20140903145614.158f8e89@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <20140903135029.GK63085@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <20140903165622.3bff54e0@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <20140903150018.GL63085@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <5407649A.80500@FreeBSD.org> <20140903191256.GB1025@medusa.sysfault.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="8GpibOaaTibBMecb" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140903191256.GB1025@medusa.sysfault.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 10.0-STABLE amd64 Organization: Kabbale Eros X-Face: (hRbQnK~Pt7$ct`!fupO(`y_WL4^-Iwn4@ly-.,[4xC4xc; y=\ipKMNm<1J>lv@PP~7Z<.t KjAnXLs: X-PGP: 0xF1C516B3C8359753 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 21:22:49 -0000 --8GpibOaaTibBMecb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le mer 3 sep 14 =E0 21:12:56 +0200, Marcus von Appen =E9crivait=A0: > On, Wed Sep 03, 2014, Bryan Drewery wrote: > [...] >=20 > > I understand there is fear involved with not having a plist validate > > everything. Consider that many other package systems do not require a > > plist to start. >=20 > [...] >=20 > Seconded. In my opinion for 95% of all cases it sums up to: everything in= the > staging directory gets installed. We can use post-build or pre-install to > clean up the staging directory where necessary, or even revert the plist > meaning in the worst case, e.g. everything in ${EXCLUDE_INSTALL} is not t= o be > installed, if necessary. I disagree. I use plist for two things: - when upgrading a port, I compare the previous plist with the newer one, and if some important files are missing, I try to understand the reason; - I often grep all plists to find which port could possibly provide such header or such library (among non-installed ports, of course). --=20 Th. Thomas. --8GpibOaaTibBMecb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJUB4aiXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRFNTM2QkU4NTM4NTM5OUQwMEI2RkFBNzZG MUM1MTZCM0M4MzU5NzUzAAoJEPHFFrPINZdTHT8P/i5G6nE4G4bwIejq8Hi4co+j rJt4MHz8eGL+A82h9oJB34Gd8o7YUmrRUzJFjba/NtHzSWczG6YW2k9tq3Nldl08 CdSC9jkVQJgNT0/Ln1xtSpwdGkpHCta85fVEJlGKFqRMeXB11NknTnBvaj6M5YfX UNfVVEDpS4Q1io1dAh5syOUp4SyEz/uz/V4m1jMY5zwHCuD865ezwwlSKqJmkF2e D2hP+d+BPjyjujOLlIC8XDQqvxBmxQI7gbhY7G6KOy1kxpt0jcPT950AfnfmqewY QJAVRZ2kUiPkjN6Virmdp4qa03Di+aKMMfS65wuH4JeVIYefssnKESEWSZzADIOM WkVki5cYi65xR9dAIgdMPYSXs5ziAqbrqOL8fvICQz0AyaaGGewQJ+lFh3EKXqLQ 3h6gg30Hocddj+Fp9PP7/1O7Ng6/EsmtBfMv9MIlvEc9hdyRh5mN8kaHl6zB30at uj4wSwEGeNMDlZej+NvXbsvPtEZ29HRwxn3dhc+Un8TLDOoLriVlrCu/yZ77a8qE ntETXnuQ4wwjZ3ViYKsTBYrpBqkQIfVg3Znvx5gDmNzjTbhAC0YuFjsPZBZ+7Iwm k1l+buIpy27GD10HZIhz/ewx7abGo7AiK+W9zZDE0yTRHOfJyLYHFDRwh8CBM6YV Ng8KrBamiMdojz9ATwkf =cUuG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8GpibOaaTibBMecb--