Re: pango fails to build on netbsd-9?

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost> writes:

> On Mon, 4 Sept 2023 at 17:41, Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
>>
>> David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost> writes:
>>
>> > I have to confess that feel rather strongly that there should be an
>> > explicit decision of:
>> > - pkgsrc must not rely on execute permissions being present on files,
>> > and there should be a recommended mechanism to enforce this where
>> > needed (which could be "Always run a chmod after copying from files/
>> > to worksrc if it needs to be executable")
>> > or
>> > - pkgsrc can always rely on execute permissions being present on
>> > files, and any exception is a user configuration error
>>
>> If you want to force policy, I think it should be that the x bits as
>> checked in can be relied on, but that packages having accomodations is
>> ok.  But that's just me with individual hat on; I don't mean to be
>> speaking as PMC in any of this.
>
> I think it would help to have a defined policy in this case.
>
> Given "x bits as checked in can be relied on, but that packages having
> accomodations is ok" is effectively "no policy", I'll accept that is
> the case and shut up.

If you want to propose it on tech-pkg (discussing here doesn't count for
things like thhis), feel free to go ahead.   My comments should be read
more as that this is below the line of things I have energy for, given
how I sort all the things that are wrong with the world in importance.