[SUGGEST] Reform eclipse and eclipse related ports
Michael C. Shultz
ringworm01 at gmail.com
Fri Oct 21 15:18:17 PDT 2005
On Friday 21 October 2005 15:09, you wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 02:54:41PM -0700, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> > My .02 cents worth - - - Would the ports system handle adding another
> > level to its directory structure?
>
> This is the biggest FAQ about the ports collection and the answer is
> always going to be the same: NO. We have nearly ten thousand lines of
> automated tools which have the two-level assumption hardwired into them.
> Fixing this would require many, many, hundreds of hours to do the necessary
> rewriting and regression testing.
>
> Reading back through the mailing lists would have shown you this.
>
> mcl
Seems like the quantity of ports available will eventually hit a plateau
with the current two level directory structure. No one is afraid to update
the basic OS when its needed, even when it means using an entirly different
file system ( ie. UFS1 -=> 2 ), why be so scared when it comes to the ports
system?
-Mike
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