Re: I want to help maintain vscode build with electron25 and codelite

Don't we have some distfile knobs in the ports framework for exactly this
situation?

Like on "make" the port informing the user that they need to download the
distfile manually
for license reasons and place it into /usr/ports/distfiles?

That would imply no package from the FreeBSD project but people could still
build their
own in poudriere.

Also possibly - maybe just ask the author if sufficiently clear pkg_message
would
be considered sufficient?
...

Good idea.  I will email Eran and see if he responds.




On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 9:17 AM Patrick M. Hausen <hausen@punkt.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> > Am 06.09.2023 um 18:06 schrieb Space Cadet <tootall79@gmail.com>:
> >
> > codelite builds and works from sources, with some patches.  I think
> there is an issue with Eran, the author of codelite.  I have to guess about
> this.
> > Eran can correct me if I am wrong.  It feels to me like he doesn't want
> to have codelite as a freebsd package because
> > the package system design results in a an app that doesn't run through
> his 'paywall'.  its not a paywall exactly.  its a free program
> > but for a normal user to download a new release, she has to navigate a
> contribution option.
> > its a great IDE so it is worth doing something to make it easier to run
> it on freebsd, but I don't know what that would be.
>
> Don't we have some distfile knobs in the ports framework for exactly this
> situation?
>
> Like on "make" the port informing the user that they need to download the
> distfile manually
> for license reasons and place it into /usr/ports/distfiles?
>
> That would imply no package from the FreeBSD project but people could
> still build their
> own in poudriere.
>
> Also possibly - maybe just ask the author if sufficiently clear
> pkg_message would
> be considered sufficient?
>
> Kind regards,
> Patrick
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