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Date:      Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:28:28 +0100
From:      Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
To:        Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: requirements for bsd.xxx.mk file
Message-ID:  <20060210142828.ynjvl9uu4ggogkkk@netchild.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060210022408.GA21255@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
References:  <20060210022408.GA21255@odin.ac.hmc.edu>

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Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> wrote:

> I've been doing a deployment of drupal at work and I've ported a couple
> modules with plans to port more.  I've built up a framework to make
> individual modules easy to port, but at the moment it's in the form of a
> Makefile and a pkg-install.in script that are mostly duplicated.  I'm
> wondering what the bar is for creating a bsd.xxx.mk.  How many ports are
> needed to justify the overhead?  Should I use a

I think you need more than 2... :-)

We have no rules here. So if you think for yourself the number of ports
reached the critical mass, just go ahead.

> ${PORTSDIR}/www/drupal/Makefile.common instead like PEAR does?

IMHO the Makefile.common approach is a nice way to prototype/develop a first
working initial version. While a bsd.xxx.mk file is the "ok, we have
something to base our effort on, let's make it official" approach.

Bye,
Alexander.

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