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From: Ade Lovett on 17 Jun 2010 15:17

On Jun 16, 2010, at 15:11 , Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote:
> My question is: do we really need this? We're at the point where in
> order to make use of all macros, vars, etc. we have, one needs to work
> daily on ports.

IMO, we've been at (and passed) that point for a long, long time for anything except the simplest of ports.

21k+ pieces of random third party software, all held together with make(1) glue? Rube Goldberg was an amateur ;)

-aDe

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From: "Philip M. Gollucci" on 17 Jun 2010 18:42
On 6/17/2010 3:17 PM, Ade Lovett wrote:
>
> On Jun 16, 2010, at 15:11 , Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote:
>> My question is: do we really need this? We're at the point where in
>> order to make use of all macros, vars, etc. we have, one needs to work
>> daily on ports.
>
> IMO, we've been at (and passed) that point for a long, long time for anything except the simplest of ports.
>
> 21k+ pieces of random third party software, all held together with make(1) glue? Rube Goldberg was an amateur ;)
>
> -aDe
I agree with both of you; however, its the path we've chosen and if you
do know them they make maintenance much easier and less error prone.



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