Re: stable vs. unstable ports?

2009-03-27 Thread Darren Weber
FYI, running mpab (without any mods) on a mac Pro system: Model Name:Mac Pro Model Identifier:MacPro3,1 Processor Name:Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor Speed:2.8 GHz Number Of Processors:2 Total Number Of Cores:8 L2 Cache (per processor):12 MB Memory:

Re: stable vs. unstable ports?

2009-03-26 Thread Anders F Björklund
Darren Weber wrote: I've been working with macports under the mis-apprehension that it would operate along the lines of freeBSD (and some frustration may arise mostly from that lack of understanding). I decided that it's time for me to do some long-overdue homework. I've been working

Re: stable vs. unstable ports?

2009-03-26 Thread Darren Weber
Recently, I was running something like update-all and there were some issues with the netCDF library. It was upgraded by the maintainer, who manually updated a dependency on HDF5 within their dev environment, who then put out a request to the HDF5 maintainer to update that package, but this could

Re: stable vs. unstable ports?

2009-03-26 Thread Dave Howell
On Mar 23, 2009, at 0:38 , Ryan Schmidt wrote: Before we can allow arbitrary users to submit their builds to a central server, we would need to ensure that a build that occurs on one user's system is *identical* to the build on any other user's computer. This cannot currently be assured

Re: stable vs. unstable ports?

2009-03-26 Thread Darren Weber
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Dave Howell groups.20...@grandfenwick.netwrote: On Mar 23, 2009, at 0:38 , Ryan Schmidt wrote: Before we can allow arbitrary users to submit their builds to a central server, we would need to ensure that a build that occurs on one user's system is

Re: stable vs. unstable ports?

2009-03-26 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Mar 26, 2009, at 17:51, Darren Weber wrote: On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Dave Howell wrote: On Mar 23, 2009, at 0:38 , Ryan Schmidt wrote: Before we can allow arbitrary users to submit their builds to a central server, we would need to ensure that a build that occurs on one user's

Re: stable vs. unstable ports?

2009-03-25 Thread Darren Weber
I've been working with macports under the mis-apprehension that it would operate along the lines of freeBSD (and some frustration may arise mostly from that lack of understanding). I decided that it's time for me to do some long-overdue homework. I've been working mostly with linux (and

Re: stable vs. unstable ports?

2009-03-24 Thread Shreevatsa R
[Changing the topic from build systems and replying just to the original question] 2009/3/22 Darren Weber dwe...@macports.org: I've noticed problems during port upgrades. What is the general consensus on having a TAG for each port to indicate it's success status within the system? There is

Re: stable vs. unstable ports?

2009-03-23 Thread Darren Weber
I like the idea of an opt-in Xgrid system, whereby users could opt-in to install an Xgrid client that provides a macports build system, binary distributions, and meta-ports monitor. Of course, some folks might interpret it as too much big-brother, but really it's just so common now to have

Re: stable vs. unstable ports?

2009-03-23 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Mar 23, 2009, at 01:06, Darren Weber wrote: I like the idea of an opt-in Xgrid system, whereby users could opt- in to install an Xgrid client that provides a macports build system, binary distributions, and meta-ports monitor. Of course, some folks might interpret it as too much

Re: stable vs. unstable ports?

2009-03-23 Thread Joshua Root
Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Mar 23, 2009, at 01:06, Darren Weber wrote: I like the idea of an opt-in Xgrid system, whereby users could opt-in to install an Xgrid client that provides a macports build system, binary distributions, and meta-ports monitor. Of course, some folks might interpret

Re: stable vs. unstable ports?

2009-03-22 Thread Joshua Root
Darren Weber wrote: I've noticed problems during port upgrades. What is the general consensus on having a TAG for each port to indicate it's success status within the system? Is it possible to have a meta-port monitor that automatically tracks the status of each package install and