Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:28:29 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: duration of the ports freeze Message-ID: <475199BD.8080900@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200712010940.32888.david@vizion2000.net> References: <33640.194.74.82.3.1196149681.squirrel@galain.elvandar.org> <20071201105443.K15697@cauchy.math.missouri.edu> <47519484.6000408@gmail.com> <200712010940.32888.david@vizion2000.net>
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> The balance needs shifting and a method that does not demand a
> freeze is now IMHO essential.
I might be wrong in this but much of the freeze seems to be due to
incomplete information being maintained on the interaction of
different ports.... for example in a discussion of why xorg is so
bloated I pointed out:
1. xorg-server does a very bad job on fonts dependicies (it installs
almost no fonts)
2. many xorg-apps assume they are being installed as a part of the
metaport and do not sufficently check their own dependicies.
3. xorg and other long tool chains show some major weaknesses in the
ports system:
a. Inconsitent overridding or lack there of the config target
(ports(8))
b. Due to bad management of the dependancy DAG you are forced to
use meta ports
c. Due to c there is much less orthangonality then there should be
between ports
- --
Aryeh M. Friedman
FloSoft Systems
Developer, not business, friendly
http://www.flosoft-systems.com
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