-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Birrell wrote: > On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 03:00:54PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: >> That is why I plan to use xorg as the test case for the new system.... >> namely if it builds xorg in the most efficent way possible then it >> will be considered good enough for release > > You need to pick a much more complicated set of dependencies than > Xorg. > > You should analyse the dependency tree across all ports and then > take into account what happens when source changes occur > unsynchronised. > > Take things like those that depend on the various Qt ports. You will > see that some depend on Qt3 and others on Qt4. > > Then consider things that depend on the documentation ports. > > Please do not fall into the trap of simplifying the requirements > and then finding a simpler solution. >
I was not planning to skimp on the requirements at all but the test case is xorg... i.e. I will do my best to not compermise on features/requirements but xorg meets several criteria for being a good test (out of order building, alt. depends, large but seperatable DAG) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHYbPXzIOMjAek4JIRAtmcAJ4rifRtYkufmyFU9LCxqMhx73kZ6ACfe7Nt Ojc2my7xjUH6xoyn+ysHM1U= =mB1y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
