On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 04:31:31PM +1100, Ian McWilliam wrote: > > On 14 Dec 2005, at 12:59 PM, Jolan Luff wrote: > > >On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 12:51:17PM +1100, Ian McWilliam wrote: > >> > >>On 14 Dec 2005, at 10:42 AM, Theo de Raadt wrote: > >> > >>>It is time to ask ourselves how this state of affairs came to > >>>be. Who > >>>commited the stuff that broke so many packages? > >>> > >>> > >> > >>And why do fixes for broken ports get ignored? > > > >can you be more specific? like examples with links to mailing list > >archives... > > > > OK start with these two. > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-ports&m=113314195505905&w=2 > > akpop3d - had some users screaming for help.
yes, i remember this one. unfortunately, i stopped following the thread once naddy@ replied since he had originally imported it and he said he contacted the maintainer. > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-ports&m=113222907802512&w=2 > > pear php4 - this one stops anyone , (and it's a real nice show > stopper! as it tries to recompile the entire php4 port from scratch > and winds up failing anyway) like myself from creating pear ports, > like when I was creating a pear Logging port to work with the openbsd > ports tree. the pear ports that i checked all use php5 so i don't see what the issue is. did i miss some pear ports? > I'm sure there are others, and having an unbroken ports tree in spots > would be nice. well if this happens again please reply to your own mails every few days in increasingly vulgar language.
