On Sun, 2012-02-19 at 16:45:28 +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 10:09:44AM -0500, Sahil Tandon wrote: > > Alexey, I appreciate your perspective on this, but I want to make > > sure you are aware of the related discussion (and opposing > > viewpoints) on freebsd-ports: > > Yes, I've heard that reasoning a number of times since I started to > hack on ports, which is a relatively long period.
Your long hacking tenure aside, I am just glad to know you are aware of other reasonable opinions on this topic. > Technically, since there is no supporting infrastructure to ensure if > some app really requires particular shlib version or not (and I > personally do not see how it can be implemented automatically for any > arbitrary port out there), the whole issue right now is little more > than a matter of personal preference. Emphasis on 'personal preference'. > ... > Bottom line: unless we have reliably working solution to ensure if a > port really wants a particular ABI or not, it's better to be on the > safe side. Thanks for your opinion. -- Sahil Tandon _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "cvs-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
