svn commit: r318127 - in head/games/xboard: . files

[Alexey Dokuchaev]

On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 06:58:56PM +0200, Johan van Selst wrote:
> Max Brazhnikov wrote:
> > Another alternative is to not use PORTDATA. Besides does xboard work
> > without PORTDATA files?
> 
> Yes, the port works fine without PORTDATA files, although it will print
> a warning because you will be playing chess with invisible pieces
> unless you add a custom tileset ;-)
> 
> Maybe I should just remove the PORTDATA option to prevent people from
> actually doing such silly things.

+1.  I actually find entire concept of PORTDATA quite bogus.  Apparently it
supposed to be akin to PORTDOCS, but I don't think it can work this way:
while docs usually is just a pile of files mainly of users' interest, not
required by application at run time, PORTDATA (resources) are essential part
of it.  I can hardly expect why would anyone want to separate resources from
the port.  Heavy games are special, but again, we just create separate -data
port with heavy stuff, and game port with non-heavy resources and binaries,
without the silly PORTDATA.

While PORTDOCS can cause similar annoyance sometimes, PORTDATA imho is just
broken by design.

./danfe