Peter> hi all Peter> does anyone have any problems with me helping with the Peter> updating of the FreeBSD port to XEmacs 21.4.4 I don't. Peter> KIRIYAMA Kazuhiko <kiri(a)pis.toba-cmt.ac.jp&gt; who looks after Peter> it emailed this list a while back asking a few questions Yep, I saw that. Peter> i thought i would just ask if anyone has a problem with me Peter> helping kiriyama with this Why should we? Will your patches be available for review somewhere? Best regards, Adrian -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/

Peter> Adrian Aichner writes: >> Peter> hi all Peter> does anyone have any problems with me helping with the Peter> updating of the FreeBSD port to XEmacs 21.4.4 Peter> cool :) Peter> KIRIYAMA Kazuhiko <kiri(a)pis.toba-cmt.ac.jp&gt; who looks after Peter> it emailed this list a while back asking a few questions >> Yep, I saw that. Peter> i thought i would just ask if anyone has a problem with me Peter> helping kiriyama with this >> Why should we? Peter> just being nice and letting you guys know Peter> i have noticed that the current XEmacs port for FreeBSD Peter> patches the base source i have been using the source as is Peter> for the entire time ive been using XEmacs Sounds promising. Peter> so i am going to suggest that the standard source gets used Peter> or try to use minimal patches ive also noticed that the Peter> patches that get used are not submitted to the usual place Peter> so im going to suggest that they get submitted That's the right thing to do, I think. Peter> i can send you the current patches if you like How big are they? I think it would be good if they were available on xemacs-patches. -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/

Peter> Adrian Aichner writes: >> Peter> [snip] Peter> i have noticed that the current XEmacs port for FreeBSD Peter> patches the base source i have been using the source as is Peter> for the entire time ive been using XEmacs Peter> yeah its impressed me too i _usually_ install stuff in my FreeBSD box with a port Peter> but i had been using the cvs version from when i was using linux Peter> so i just kept doing it that way Peter> and i havent had any problems with the cvs version at all Peter> so i think using the base source is a good idea Peter> keeps it the same as the std version then Peter> so i am going to suggest that the standard source gets used Peter> or try to use minimal patches ive also noticed that the Peter> patches that get used are not submitted to the usual place Peter> so im going to suggest that they get submitted Peter> yeah i think so too Peter> if only the other people who write ports for FreeBSD would do the same :( Peter> i can send you the current patches if you like Peter> not very big at all Peter> they are based on 21.1.14 Peter> and they seem to be mostly changes to the configuring process Peter> want me to send them to the list or to you ?? I'd say, send them to the list. Create a .tar.gz file if the patch is bigger than 200Kbyte or some such number. Peter> -- Peter> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter> Peter Brown Peter> Web Programmer/Sys Admin/Apache Admin Education Development Web Peter> peter(a)edw.com.au www.edw.com.au Peter> rendhalver(a)users.sourceforge.net Peter> There are only two things that are infinite, Peter> the universe and human stupidity, Peter> and i am not certain about the former Peter> - Albert Einstein Peter> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/

Sorry if you've done something already, most of this i relevant anyway I think. But I'm just going straight through my mail, and this is the end of the thread.... Peter> Adrian Aichner writes: Peter> [snip] All patches that are believed to be correct, and are submitted with the intent to have applied (as opposed to "proof-of-concept" or for testing for a specific weird, poorly understood problem) should go to xemacs-patches. Better yet, try to tease apart the various patches. In particular, if you and Kiriyama-san are in agreement, then I would (as 21.4 Release Manager) tend to accept all patches which are in freebsd-specific code (that is, they are guarded by conditionals that reduce to #ifdef FREEBSD && (...)). OTOH, if the code could get built into a non-FreeBSD build, I would have to look closely at it personally. If you and/or kiriyama-san want to maintain these changes in the XEmacs repository, it might be the best of all possible worlds. You would get commit authority to 21.5 (but only after approval by a Review Board member); I and Vin would still have sole authority in our branches (21.4 and 21.1 respectively). Let me know if you want to do that (Martin used to handle it). I don't know how we go about adding comitters at the moment; I'll get back to you on that. Peter> oki cool ill do it soon -- University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences Tel/fax: +81 (298) 53-5091 _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ What are those straight lines for? "XEmacs rules."