On Thursday 06 April 2006 14:31, Dan Langille wrote: > On 6 Apr 2006 at 9:50, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > - For each port I would like to have all the necessary scripts and > > control files committed to the Bacula source code in the appropriate part > > of <bacula-source>/platforms/... This will permit continuation of the > > port if a port person is not able to continue the work. This code can be > > committed and maintained by each of the ports persons directly. > > For the FreeBSD port, these files are all in the FreeBSD source tree. > I don't think it makes sense to put it into the Bacula source tree > because the files require the infrastructure provided by the FreeBSD > ports tree. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/sysutils/bacula-server/
Since the files are maintained in the FreeBSD source tree, I agree, there is no reason to add them to the Bacula tree. > > FYI: The above files allow a FreeBSD user to download, configure, > patch, and install Bacula by issuing "make install". This would be > the equivalent of installing from source and is referred to as "the > port" or installing "the port". To create a binary package one only > need issue the command "make package". After installation, one > cannot differentiate something installed from a port from something > installing from the package. They both wind up in the package > FreeBSD management system. > > > For your information, here is the current list of packagers. I request > > each of them as well as anyone who is interested to send a note to this > > list to let us know what you think. > > > > Jose Luis Tallon (Debian) > > Scott Barninger (RPMS) > > Lars Koeller (FreeBSD) > > I recently became the FreeBSD packager (in FreeBSD terminology, I'm > the port maintainer). I also maintain the development port of > Bacula. That means we have four ports: > > http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/bacula-server/ > http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/bacula-client/ > http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/bacula-server-devel/ > http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/bacula-client-devel/ Thanks. I'll update my notes to indicate that you are the FreeBSD Bacula package maintainer. > > > Keith Conger (MacOSX) > > Thomas Cameron (Gentoo) > > Luca Berra (Mandrivia) > > Eamon Brosnan (MacOSX) > > Geert Hendrickx (NetBSD) I should also note here that, much to my surprise and pleasure, Geert Hendrickx has been keeping up with the Bacula releases quite nicely. If you are interested, please see: http://pkgsrc.se/sysutils/bacula -- Best regards, Kern ("> /\ V_V ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
