About games/flightgear-aircrafts

[Anton Shterenlikht]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 01:35:48PM +0200, Ganael LAPLANCHE wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:43:47 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote
> 
> Hi Anton,
> 
> > print/teTeX is quite old. However, it's a critical
> > port for many people, and there is no easy update
> > or replacement (tex-live work is ongoing, I think).
> > So, rather than updating the whole of teTeX,
> > hrs@ has been adding new (or newer)
> > latex packages as separate "add-on" ports, e.g.
> > print/latex-nomencl or print/latex-chapterfolder.
> > This way, user who need newer latex features,
> > can easily get them, still within the ports
> > framework. Others, who only need the core of latex,
> > do not need to install those add-on ports, e.g.
> > textproc/docproj-jadetex.
> 
> Thanks for this clarification.
> 
> In my opinion, games/flightgear-aircrafts can already been considered as
> an addon port : none of the aircrafts installed by this port is
> mandatory to have the game run correctly. The main problem I face is
> that several distfiles change regularly, and keeping a list of 350+
> aircrafts distfiles up-to-date within a single port is a real pain. The
> other problem is being able to provide the distfiles for a longer time
> than the official mirrors do : it would require to set up an additional
> mirror to collect them all and it would require a lot of space to do so.
> 
> So, if I understand correctly, your 4th suggestion would be to split
> this huge port up into single aircraft ones ?
> 
> If yes, the same question remains : what should be the list of selected
> ports ? And if this list should be limited to, say, 30 ports, why not
> provide them in a single port (which would then be a lot easier to
> maintain) ?

sorry, no idea.
My point was just that sometimes
it's easier to split a large port into a smaller
core, and several add-on ports.

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> PS : ports@ not included in your previous answer, is it voluntary ?

just forgot

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