Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:36:26 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reason 23 why we've moved to linux Message-ID: <5328A03A.3000305@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <m2ha6v1m4z.wl%randy@psg.com> References: <m2iorb1ms8.wl%randy@psg.com> <53287821.4040209@freebsd.org> <m2ha6v1m4z.wl%randy@psg.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 3/18/14, 9:56 AM, Randy Bush wrote: >> Ugh, that's a mess, I haven't seen that personally, but I just tend to >> pull from git, although that takes a long time. >> >> Using git lets me keep local changes easily. >> >> The other option that works is just using portsnap. I think "portsnap >> auto" or "portsnap alfred" should work for getting your the sources. >> >> The other option would be just try a fresh checkout against >> https://svn.freebsd.org/ instead of https://svn0.us-east.freebsd.org/. >> >> bummer! >> >> lastly, just using "pkg(1)" works really nicely, if you're tired of >> dealing with port updates via source, then just try using pkg(1), it's >> basically just as nice as using "apt-get" these days, pretty nice stuff. > alfred, > > i know you mean well, but svn is legit and we have been using it until > the kiddies came over to freebsd from linux. now that they left linux, > debian and ubuntu are quite usable, pretty stable, and the ports/package > system makes freebsd's look horrifying. i am tired of dependency hell. > i am tired of package management du jour. i have real work to do and > even an attempt at a real life. > > i have been a bsd user since 4.whatever on the vax. it is no longer > defensible in any situaion other than personal religion. and it's the > ongoing ports disaster that has killed a really great system. sad. > > randy > I see what you're getting at, however I see a different picture with FreeBSD moving forward at a quick pace to close the gap in package management between itself and the Linux distros. I myself was initially upset, however as the changes have kept coming I am more and more impressed and thrilled with the effort put in. The changes by the ports+pkgng team have really come together to make a great product. I think we can agree that the past 6 months have been interesting and challenging, however more importantly they have been necessary growing pains that we have just now passed. If you want to vent, great, I hear you, but let's be honest about the state of things and not conflate with some weird transient issue with svn with the project coming apart at the seams, that would just be hyperbolic and not serve us any purpose. -Alfred
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?5328A03A.3000305>