From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Wed Aug 5 02:02:28 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A69D23A63A9 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2020 02:02:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from portmaster@BSDforge.com) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BLvyX3C8cz48Pw for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2020 02:02:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from portmaster@BSDforge.com) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 68CE33A6290; Wed, 5 Aug 2020 02:02:28 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: ports@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 688E73A63A8 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2020 02:02:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from portmaster@BSDforge.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (static-24-113-41-81.wavecable.com [24.113.41.81]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "ultimatedns.net", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BLvyW6bgmz48Mn for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2020 02:02:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from portmaster@BSDforge.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (localhost [IPv6:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]) by udns.ultimatedns.net (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 075232FV096632 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2020 19:03:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from portmaster@BSDforge.com) X-Mailer: Cypht MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: From: Chris Reply-To: portmaster@BSDforge.com To: "ports@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] Planned deprecation of portsnap Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2020 19:03:08 -0700 Message-Id: <8c80377f4189acabd5e5c31ef853d92c@udns.ultimatedns.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BLvyW6bgmz48Mn X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.00 / 15.00]; ASN(0.00)[asn:11404, ipnet:24.113.0.0/16, country:US]; local_wl_ip(0.00)[24.113.41.81] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2020 02:02:28 -0000 On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 14:43:20 -0400 Steve Wills swills@FreeBSD=2Eorg said > We are planning to deprecate use of portsnap in ports=2E >=20 =2E=2E=2E Makes sense to me=2E Thank you=2E :-) >=20 > * Portsnap doesn't seem to save disk space compared to svn or git, if=20 > you count the metadata (stored in /var/db/portsnap by default) and you=20 > do an apples-to-apples comparison of svn or git without history and=20 > ignoring possible ZFS compression=2E That is, you use "svn export" or git= =20 > "clone --depth 1", you see this disk usage: >=20 > 342M svnexport > 426M git > 477M portsnap >=20 > * Portsnap also doesn't work offline which git does=2E With git, you can=20 > also easily add the history by running "git pull --unshallow" >=20 > * This migration away from portsnap fits well with the planned migration= =20 > to git=2E >=20 Please tell me that this doesn't mean a [HEADS UP] Planned deprecation of subversion is on the horizon=2E --Chris