CVS commit: pkgsrc/bootstrap

["Greg Troxel" <gdt%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    pkgsrc
Committed By:   gdt
Date:           Sun Apr  3 13:10:18 UTC 2022

Modified Files:
        pkgsrc/bootstrap: README

Log Message:
bootstrap: Update platforms section

Minix3 has a user.  Combine "almost no users" and "no users"; the
point is really the last date we have a report of how it works, and
that only takes one person.

Adjust/shorten language.


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.29 -r1.30 pkgsrc/bootstrap/README

Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:

Index: pkgsrc/bootstrap/README
diff -u pkgsrc/bootstrap/README:1.29 pkgsrc/bootstrap/README:1.30
--- pkgsrc/bootstrap/README:1.29        Fri Apr  1 17:19:28 2022
+++ pkgsrc/bootstrap/README     Sun Apr  3 13:10:18 2022
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NetBSD: README,v 1.29 2022/04/01 17:19:28 gdt Exp $
+$NetBSD: README,v 1.30 2022/04/03 13:10:18 gdt Exp $
 
 To try to get pkgsrc working on your system, please try the following
 as root:
@@ -64,16 +64,14 @@ PER PLATFORM INFORMATION
 ========================
 
 pkgsrc supports or has supported many operating systems (platforms).
-In general, there is a README.os for each platform that can run
-pkgsrc, explaining particular considerations.
+In general, there is a README.${platform} for each platform that can
+run pkgsrc, explaining particular considerations.
 
-Because pkgsrc contains many per-platform fixes and accommodations,
-and because the presence of those at times causes more work for
-others, we list platforms according to whether they are in active use.
-(If you feel a platform is miscategorized, send rationale to
-pkgsrc-users@.  Include a README.platform with instructions if it is
-missing and you are asserting that there are users.  Developers should
-of course feel free to make improvements.)
+Note that pkgsrc contains many per-platform fixes and accommodations,
+and pkgsrc does not always work well on very old platforms.  We list
+platforms according to whether they are in active use as a clue to
+whether pkgsrc on that platform is likely to work.  Improvements to
+code and documentation are always welcome.
 
 Note that listing a platform as having no users is not a decision to
 remove it from pkgsrc; this is merely recording information that
@@ -87,10 +85,10 @@ upstream and the upstream tracker URL in
 Makefile.
 
 Platforms are listed by the filename in mk/platform, annotated by the
-README.platform here if different.  Platforms with a * are believed to
-be non-working; see the README for the platform for perhaps more
-information.  A platform not having a README is a clue that it might
-not work.
+README.platform here if different (which is probably a bug).
+Platforms with a * are believed to be non-working; see the README for
+the platform for perhaps more information.  A platform not having a
+README is a clue that it might not work.
 
 Platforms with active use and maintenance
 -----------------------------------------
@@ -114,10 +112,11 @@ Platforms believed to have users
   OpenBSD
 
 
-Platforms with at least a tiny number of users
-----------------------------------------------
+Platforms with at least a small number of users
+-----------------------------------------------
 
   HPUX
+  Minix3
   OpenServer5 (SCO OpenServer, platform/SCO_SV.mk)
   SCO UnixWare
 
@@ -128,23 +127,17 @@ Platforms with unknown status
   DragonFly (no README)
   FreeMiNT (no README)
   GNUkFreeBSD
-  Minix3
 
 
-Platforms believed to have almost no users
-------------------------------------------
+Platforms believed to have no users
+-----------------------------------
 
   AIX (no cwrappers)
+  Bitrig
   BSDOS (no README)
+  Haiku
   IRIX
   Interix
   MirBSD
-  QNX (no README)
-
-
-Platforms believed to have no users
------------------------------------
-
-  Bitrig
-  Haiku
   * OSF1
+  QNX (no README)