Subject: Re: pkgsrc-unofficial
To: Rui-Xiang Guo <rxg@netbsd.org>
From: Dave <dgriffi@cs.csubak.edu>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 03/15/2003 22:17:04
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Rui-Xiang Guo wrote:

> In other word. Does it mean that we can let people who want to submit
> new pkgs commit their work into the 'unofficial' tree directly, then
> waiting for the pkgsrc developers to review them?
> By this way, I think it is easier to let other people test the new pkgs
> than in PRs.
> The FreeBSD guys have already done the similar thing.
> 	http://freebsd.netlab.cse.yzu.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/outta-port/

When this first came up, I was wondering how one could have both trees
installed at once.  Should we have a new category called "test" wherein
this unofficial tree would begin?  For example,
"/usr/pkgsrc/test/audio/bleedingedge".


-- 
David Griffith
dgriffi@cs.csubak.edu