svn commit: r319433 - in head/security: . py-cracklib

[Chris Rees]

On 30 May 2013 19:17, b.f. <bf1783 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 5/30/13, Chris Rees <crees at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> Author: crees
>> Date: Thu May 30 16:07:21 2013
>> New Revision: 319433
>> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/319433
>>
>> Log:
>>   This CPython extension provides Python bindings for cracklib.
>>   It contains a pythonic interface to cracklib's functions and
>>   some Python convenience functions.
>>
>>   WWW: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/cracklib
>
> The python interface is already part of security/cracklib (although
> only installed with the non-default PYTHON option, and with slightly
> different setup files), which references the "real" homepage.  Could
> you talk with the maintainer of security/cracklib, and if you agree
> that this port is necessary, either remove the python components from
> security/cracklib; or make this new port a slave of security/cracklib,
> perhaps under one maintainer, so that the two ports remain
> synchronized, and don't lead to conflicts?

The cracklib maintainer has just contacted me about exactly that, and
we're working out a solution.

Thanks,

Chris