On 11/2/2012 21:23, B. Estrade wrote:
I would like to add a package to pkgsrc, but the immediate purpose is
specifically to make it available for DragonflyBSD.
Can I add something to DragonflyBSD's pkgsrc without having to worry
about the upstream, or would I have to get it added up stream first?
I maintain lang/qore on FreeBSD's Ports, and I would like to bring it
to DragonflyBSD.
pkgsrc policy is that all packages have to build on NetBSD. There are
exceptions to the policy, mainly for those packages that are so platform
specific it's just not feasible (or takes a great amount of work) to
support multiple platforms.
The good news is that pkgsrc is design such that if a package builds for
one platform, it's generally not a lot of work to do another.
The band news is that packages in the "lang" category are often
exceptions to this rule. I know; I brought in lang/gnat-aux and
lang/gcc-aux originally only caring about DragonFly. Langs often need
bootstraps so supporting multiple platforms is not trivial.
But there is no overlay for pkgsrc. Changes for DragonFly in pkgsrc are
committed directly in pkgsrc.
There is "wip" area that you may have seen and ftigeot uses a lot. I
don't bother but it is a playground that is easy to get commit access
to. If the wip package works, it can get promoted quickly.
John
