cvs commit: ports/Mk bsd.port.mk

[Michael Nottebrock]

I think we might possibly be talking past each other - let me rephrase
my concerns about the EXPLICIT_PACKAGE_DEPENDS switch and its functionality:

- I am concerned about users trying to use that switch *now* to cut down
time on portupgrade -r and portupgrade -R operations and getting
inconsistently updated installations as a result. That was the main
motivation for my initial reply to your message - since there is no
documentation other than your messages for that switch and since it does
not print out any warnings either, I thought I had to issue that
warning. Other than that, I realise this is experimental and off by
default and as such I don't have a problem with it. Providing the
missing documentation and make the switch print appropriate warnings
might still be worthwhile though.

- I am also concerned about this switch or its functionality becoming
the default before all ports are sufficiently modified (all dependencies
listed) so the scenario I describe above will not occur. Portmgr's call
though.

- Finally, I am concerned about the amount of work required to keep the
dependencies up to date. This last concern is admittedly KDE-centric
(and thus selfish :). The more automated tests or automated dependency
registration mechanisms there are in place, the less concern there will
be from my side. Those two quickshots already look pretty good - how
about trying to integrate them into the pointyhat buildscript?

Cheers,
-- 
   ,_,   | Michael Nottebrock               | lofi at freebsd.org
 (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve     | http://www.freebsd.org
   \u/   | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org


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