Clarification on fetch/extract targets

[Kris Kennaway]

On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 02:33:33PM -0700, Stephen Hurd wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >>Actually, I found it quite easy to have the port pull the sources from 
> >>svn.  Who are we concerned about making it easier for and why (and how 
> >>is it any easier?)
> >>    
> >
> >Everyone behind a firewall that only allows fetching via HTTP/FTP, for
> >one.  Also everyone without live network access, and those with
> >pay-per-download who have a free local distfile mirror, etc.
> >
> >Tarballs are overwhelmingly preferred.
> >
> >Kris
> >  
> Ok... I was looking at it from the standpoint of someone who wants the 
> newest version and doesn't care of the pkg-plist is stale.  They could 
> just bump PORTREVISION and reinstall.
> 
> So... how about this:
> - A distfile target which generates a distfile.  The idea being that 
> this would be the one on the local distfile mirror or what have you.
> - A WITH_SVN option (defaults to off) which allows the end user to 
> specify he/she wants to use the subversion.
> 
> In this case then, the end user would need to bump PORTREVISION and 
> enable the WITH_SVN option.

That sounds fine.

Kris