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On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 06:40:59PM +0000, Jonathan Perkin wrote:
> * On 2007-07-21 at 18:34 UTC, Jan Schaumann wrote:
> > The platform not being labeled as "supported" will not have any
> > effect on the packages continuing to build if they did and failing
> > to build if they didn't.
> >=20
> > I see the label "supported" as meaning "people are actually working
> > on these on a regular basis".  If your platform is not listed here,
> > then you still may have a fantastic experience using pkgsrc.
>=20
> Therefore, in light of this, I have to ask the question - what on
> earth is the point of this "supported" label, if at the end of the day
> it's ultimately a pointless and meaningless one at best, and confusing
> and misleading at worst (when a "supported" platform actually builds
> less packages than one which isn't)?
>=20
> Where's the benefit?  Where's the net gain for pkgsrc?

seconded.

what purpose would this information serve?  what practical problem are
you trying to solve?  i certainly don't see the point.

another thing is that i can pretty much guarantee that the list will
bitrot within a year because nobody will keep it in sync with reality.
heck, even such a simple thing as the name of the currently supported
stable branch is often forgotten to be updated on the relevant web site!

i can point you to a lot of other things which need improving with the
maintenance of the stable branches and the binary packages archive on
ftp.NetBSD.org instead of making up arbitrary criteria to call pkgsrc
on a given platform this or that.

--=20
-- Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@{NetBSD,Xtrmntr,silcnet}.org>   --

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