From nobody Wed Sep 06 16:17:44 2023 X-Original-To: ports@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Rgnbb3MTsz4sgYs for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2023 16:18:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hausen@punkt.de) Received: from mail.punkt.de (mail.punkt.de [217.29.41.227]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4RgnbZ6Wzlz3Jm0 for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2023 16:18:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hausen@punkt.de) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from smtpclient.apple (unknown [IPv6:2003:a:d59:3800:4122:882f:b04c:3c8]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.punkt.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9BBF95042A; Wed, 6 Sep 2023 18:17:55 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ports List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3731.700.6\)) Subject: Re: I want to help maintain vscode build with electron25 and codelite From: "Patrick M. Hausen" In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 18:17:44 +0200 Cc: ports@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <0B204564-34FA-4CB3-8C75-3E54616B0161@punkt.de> References: To: Space Cadet X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3731.700.6) X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16188, ipnet:217.29.32.0/20, country:DE] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4RgnbZ6Wzlz3Jm0 Hi all, > Am 06.09.2023 um 18:06 schrieb Space Cadet : >=20 > 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=20 > 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 --=20 punkt.de GmbH Patrick M. Hausen .infrastructure Sophienstr. 187 76185 Karlsruhe Tel. +49 721 9109500 https://infrastructure.punkt.de info@punkt.de AG Mannheim 108285 Gesch=C3=A4ftsf=C3=BChrer: Daniel Lienert, Fabian Stein