Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:06:07 -0500 From: Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> To: Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, d@delphij.net Subject: Re: RFC: svn for make fetch Message-ID: <20091113200607.GA59749@atarininja.org> In-Reply-To: <a0777e080911130000j5c8ffa33r90ad2ac387387c65@mail.gmail.com> References: <a0777e080911080731w461e6733peb0a5473acf07aa8@mail.gmail.com> <4AF897A4.3070408@delphij.net> <20091109225232.GA34294@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <a0777e080911092251r3dd39303q4f309aaf4076daf@mail.gmail.com> <4AF9B6CC.5090308@delphij.net> <a0777e080911101228m5a576460g5946c4d1c0923012@mail.gmail.com> <20091113011000.GA45256@atarininja.org> <a0777e080911130000j5c8ffa33r90ad2ac387387c65@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:00:08AM +0200, Eitan Adler wrote: > Actually I was thinking of eventually adding non-svn support as well.... I don't think bloating bsd.*.mk for the most common VCS out there is a good idea, not to mention what happens when someone wants support for some oddball VCS that is not normally used? > The reason I started on this project is because the version of mplayer in > ports is severely out of date. When I tried to update to port I noticed that > the project wants you to compile and install from svn. I also noticed a few > other ports that have hacks to let the maintainers "use his/her custom > scripts" stuck into the port's Makefile. I think it would be good if there > was some standardized way of solving both of these problems... Sure, but it doesn't belong in bsd.*.mk. Turn it into a script and submit it as a regular port. -- WXS
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