Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 18:33:57 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon <sahil@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>, "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>, cvs-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/textproc Makefile ports/textproc/ack Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist Message-ID: <20110809223357.GB274@magic.hamla.org> In-Reply-To: <4E41B3C5.80108@FreeBSD.org> References: <201108091348.p79DmYFa095351@repoman.freebsd.org> <20110809135332.GA52137@over-yonder.net> <DBB34E87-0395-4911-869F-63F857912682@FreeBSD.org> <CADLo83_gNU9CmN8826XokOU8iZcY0E-QG_Q7e%2BNL_1tpT0hZKA@mail.gmail.com> <4E418DC6.7040708@FreeBSD.org> <CADLo83-LBxDk7xVWkCWmAn=Okr8fjgA-VAzocyWNYAW3=-sGdw@mail.gmail.com> <20110809220138.GA274@magic.hamla.org> <4E41B3C5.80108@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 15:25:09 -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > On 08/09/2011 15:01, Sahil Tandon wrote: > > On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 21:16:23 +0100, Chris Rees wrote: > > > >> On 9 August 2011 20:43, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > >>> On 08/09/2011 12:18, Chris Rees wrote: > >>>> On 9 August 2011 17:50, Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@freebsd.org> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> I missed it when I first looked to see if this was a port. I > >>>>> removed mine from the tree > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Would anyone object if I looked at adding danfe's grep suggestion > >>>> to addport ? We have similar checks in rmport... > >>> > >>> Not sure exactly what you're proposing. If you're talking about > >>> humans looking to see if a port exists already then 'cd /usr/ports > >>> && make search name=foo' is probably an easier way to do that. > >> > >> I was thinking of (like the PRs open for $port of rmport) > >> > >> Ports named like ack: textproc/p5-ack > >> > >> Are you sure you wish to continue [Y/N]? > > > > I think this is a reasonable idea - please do not be discouraged from > > trying. > > I sincerely hope you're not referring to my question as a possible > source of discouragement. Nope! > It certainly was not intended to be. Understood. > I agree that this kind of functionality is a good addition to addport, > the only questions are "What is the best way to accomplish it?" and > "Might there be a more generally useful approach?" Agreed on both, hence my mention of useful implementation. Once there is pseudo-code or an initial patch to illustrate crees' thinking, I hope we can collectively answer the two questions you pose above. -- Sahil Tandon <sahil@FreeBSD.org>
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