Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/multimedia/vlc

[John Marino <marino%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On 11/12/2011 4:56 AM, Alistair Crooks wrote:
> Now I don't have a DF system to hand, but I suspect that the correct 
> way to modify PLIST to fix this would be to use the PLIST.vcd and 
> PLIST.cdda constructs, 
You don't need to have a DF system handy to realize that this is 
required, only to verify the fix.

The summary is that I found a real problem, but I mishandled the resolution.
I found the nearest existing PR (#45527) and updated it with this 
information.  An update to multimedia/vlc is required, and not just for 
DragonFly.

> The only maligned thing about Tinderbox is that it's not the right 
> tool for the job. This is pkgsrc, not the ports collection for 
> FreeBSD. I have been using the ports collection for work for a while 
> now, and I am very distinctly happy that this is pkgsrc. 

I announced a neat project that works very well with pkgsrc after a 
couple of weeks of modification and I'm still improving it.  If nobody 
on the NetBSD finds value in having the tool for NetBSD, that's fine.  
Using ports daily and using Tinderbox are not the same thing, so as I 
asked Joerg: Is your assessment of the inadequacy of Tinderbox as a 
pkgsrc tool based on extensive experience using it on FreeBSD?  If not, 
perhaps reserve judgement and if so, chalk it up to different preferred 
workflows.

I don't want to turn this into a Tinderbox discussion.  The original 
thread about it was met with crickets.

John