Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

[David Kastrup]

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> On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 01:33:01AM +0100, David Kastrup wrote:
>> 
>> Is there a reason you don't want to answer Francisco's question?  Is
>> there a reason you don't want to tell FreeBSD users why they should
>> prefer your "ad-hoc port" over the official distribution for FreeBSD?
>> 
>> > What version of FreeBSD are you running?
>> 
>> What makes you think that every developer is running every system for
>> which LilyPond provides binaries?
>
> Forgive me, I don't mean to be evasive.  The official FreeBSD
> ports tree includes only 2.14.2 at present (as the print/lilypond
> port).  Given that a call for testers was made recently, I
> decided to create a port framework for FreeBSD so that I can
> track frequent upgrades of pre-release development versions using
> BSD's convenient ports system.

So what is the difference as compared to the version on the LilyPond
download page?  What makes the download for FreeBSD that we offer less
desirable?

Those are serious questions.  If the package we are offering for FreeBSD
is not in a state where it is what a FreeBSD user could actually use,
then we need to change the offering, or can stop wasting the time and
energy for providing this version.

> Per the Makefile, 2.15.33 source is
> downloaded from
> http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/sources/v2.15/, and per
> the distinfo, that source file must verify at 15840907 bytes with
> an SHA256 hash of
> 04f24987ddd5f2ac44577b8455321259c7c1a6ccadae1faad8323086d27ca089
> so it definitely does use the official source distribution, and
> that official source distribution is not included in my port, nor
> are any files created by the LilyPond team distributed in my
> port.

The question is: why not use the already compiled package for FreeBSD
provided on <URL:http://www.lilypond.org/development.html>?

> It resolves dependencies, downloads, verifies, and builds the program
> from source the same way the FreeBSD 2.14.2 port
> (/usr/ports/print/lilypond) does (or indeed, the same way that any of
> the 24,000 or so FreeBSD ports do), so that standard BSD port
> management tools and practices can be used to manage installed
> applications and their dependencies.

What does the package offered on our download page do in contrast?

> Ports are a standardized way of installing any of nearly 24,000
> different software packages on many BSD systems (FreeBSD, NetBSD,
> etc.) while managing their dependencies, and managing upgrades.
>
> For more information, see http://freebsd.org/ports/

What does the package offered on our download page do in contrast?

Remember: I don't use FreeBSD.  Only you can answer this question and
thus tell us in what way what we are offering currently is a waste of
time and effort.

-- 
David Kastrup