Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 01:11:54 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/linux_base Makefile distinfo.alpha distinfo.i386 pkg-plist.alpha pkg-plist.i386 Message-ID: <20020528081154.GA86369@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20020528002336.A33431@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <200205280235.g4S2ZPr85521@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020528040504.GB55559@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20020528002336.A33431@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 12:23:36AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 09:05:04PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > > Upgrade to Red Hat 7.x support. Many binary-only packages are now requiring > > > Red Hat 7.x to run. > > > > We already have linux_base-7. > > Would you prefer no linux_base, but only linux_base-<version>? That's basicly the direction a choose, but I didn't see a need to rename linux_base to linux_base-6. My primary objective when I added linux_base-7 was to not cause breakages, but instead have people upgrade their ports and change the dependencies when applicable. RH 6 is sufficiently incompatible with RH 7 that it's most of the time not as simple as a one line change in the makefile. At least, that's what I expected... Whatever scheme we adopt, we should finally make up our minds and finish the job. Shortly after I added linux_base-7, linux_base-6 was created (not by me) and we still have 3 ports. So whatever the plan was, it's still not executed. I added linux_devtools-7 in the mean time and if I'm not mistaken will either end up having a different naming scheme then linux_base or undergo the same changes, and thus will also leave a trail of repocopies behind... > > Whatever you do, do it to both. You might want to consider doing the work > > in less time, because now you're only making it hard for everybody. I think > > two releases have past since you started this (counting 4.6 as well). > > Not a good sign... > > I am only doing the work because no one else has been willing to move us > forward in the past two years. Oh? It wasn't you who created support for the RH 7 runtime, so someone else must have been willing. I think that you're doing the work because the people who would have been willing are probably doing something else now. > If it is moving too slow for you, you are more than free to help out. Sorry. I dropped support for the linux_base ports when people started pissin' in my pool by interfering instead of cooperating. I apparently was unimportant enough to be ignored. Fine. Just don't expect I'll be coming to their rescue now. If you want people to help, communicate and let people know what you're up to. I think most (if not all) developers don't have a clue where this is going to... -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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