Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 14:29:43 +0200 From: Raphael Kubo da Costa <rakuco@FreeBSD.org> To: Tijl Coosemans <tijl@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r424123 - in head/deskutils: py-spice-gtk spice-gtk spice-gtk/files Message-ID: <8660oprgaw.fsf@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20161017223946.6b18be6e@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> (Tijl Coosemans's message of "Mon, 17 Oct 2016 22:39:46 %2B0200") References: <201610171515.u9HFF8pG092481@repo.freebsd.org> <1efd0c19-83cb-f7e9-f13a-61fac1b2c8e1@FreeBSD.org> <d8557129-7ede-8ba7-7b8e-8745563930a2@marino.st> <b09dc39e-1656-5f35-cf72-bb4469d350b6@FreeBSD.org> <53c293a4-cc69-53dc-5311-54393b2f9249@marino.st> <704f4b45-1b73-4bcf-9ca2-cf25eaf605b7@FreeBSD.org> <74f966d4-3bdf-0e15-9c9f-a8a4fdaac6ec@marino.st> <5a37eec4-7703-d0d9-f82e-393e1dd6543a@FreeBSD.org> <8cca7750-291e-c7c9-72aa-f91d17373046@marino.st> <20161017193939.033c999c@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> <80ac5d38-8993-2ad7-c7ea-3bb8e1b8f589@FreeBSD.org> <20161017223946.6b18be6e@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org>
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(trimming the CC list a bit) Tijl Coosemans <tijl@FreeBSD.org> writes: > lib/pkgconfig is fine and allows us to remove hacks and patches from > thousands of ports. The cost of all the work needed to move the files > and the time spent on threads like this are not worth the benefit > because there is no benefit (that I can think of, maybe you can name > one?). I normally stay away from those infinite discussions in replies to commits, but IMO Tijl has a very good point here. Over the years I've probably wasted several hours myself petting dozens of ports to install their .pc files into libdata, and I really don't see a big benefit in that. What's the best way to continue discussing this and perhaps change our official policy?
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