Re: Platform missing/package request feature matrix?

[Aleksej Saushev <asau%inbox.ru@localhost>]

"OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:

> On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 06:18:24 +0900, Aleksej Saushev <asau%inbox.ru@localhost> 
> wrote:
>
>> "OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:
>>
>>> I have ever see, due to missing XXX on NetBSD,
>>>   * cannot packaging YYY
>>>   * cannot update package ZZZ to x.y
>>>   * disabled xxx feature for NNN package
>>>
>>> Such platform missing / package request features matrix might be a hint
>>> for improvement points of NetBSD (or pkgsrc).
>>> Where should it be put? Wiki?
>>
>> No! Not a wiki, please! Who is going to maintain this information up-to-date?
>> We have doc/TODO, why cannot we reuse it?
>
> Because I know that plain text document in pkgsrc/doc is not be maintained 
> well.
> HACKS? NEWS? STATUS? pkgsrc-YYYYQx?
> So I wonderd other tools may be required to maintain such information,
> but no objection to use TODO for start point.

I have a feeling that TODO and CHANGES are maintained rather well.

While here, I think that we can safely remove HACKS as it talks mostly
about decade old problems (e.g. with GCC 2.95).

As for STATUS, it should go away too. Bulk build reports give better
picture of what is supported.


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