From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 19 07:56:03 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0FCA1065670 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:56:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-ports@m.gmane.org) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D4668FC0A for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:56:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QuJvs-0008F0-M7 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:56:00 +0200 Received: from p57915688.dip.t-dialin.net ([87.145.86.136]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:56:00 +0200 Received: from jumper99 by p57915688.dip.t-dialin.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:56:00 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org From: "Helmut Schneider" Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:55:50 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <20110818231920.GB3936@lonesome.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p57915688.dip.t-dialin.net User-Agent: XanaNews/1.19.1.194 X-Ref: news.gmane.org ~XNS:00000028 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 110818-1, 18.08.2011), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: Big patches X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:56:03 -0000 Mark Linimon wrote: > Sorry, I did not see your message and emailed you separately. > > GNATS has a spamcatcher for > 500k messages (mostly this catches > viruses). Normally I handle such PRs manually before the cleanup > process runs, but I forgot to do it this time. (I only took a > glance.) > > Does the plist change dramatically every time the ports are updated? Yes. > Is there any way around this if so? Such large changes put stress > not only on GNATS (it is, after all, a database), but also on the CVS > repository when the updates are committed. I generated the plist in the past but not very long time ago I was told (and let me quote): "generation the plist is not considered a good practice" :)