Re: New Port: Security/liblurch & Security/Pidgin-lurch

On Sat, Aug 27, 2022, 17:31 Felix Palmen <zirias@freebsd.org> wrote:

> * Michael A. Oshin <micadeyeye@gmail.com> [20220827 17:26]:
> > Thanks everyone. I missed those reply because I subscribed to a daily
> > digest.
>
> I took you on CC now. Please also consider my other answers I added to
> the list only.
>
>Thanks Felix for your inputs. I shall merge them and run the patch. It was
also suggested to change the category to net-im despite saying that
pidgin-otr and libotr were in the security category and that these ports
were based on that choice. Maybe, pidgin-lurch & liblurch go to net-im
while libomemo etc remain in the security category.

>
> > I shall drop the use GH then, @Cy had earlier recommended it.
>
> To clarify: In general, explicit distfiles prepared by upstream are
> preferred if available. Sometimes, these distfiles introduce problems in
> which case USE_GITHUB is preferred nevertheless.
>
> Thanks for the further clarification.

>
> I don't see such a problem with the distfile here, but maybe Cy can
> clarify ;)
>
> Cheers, Felix
>
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