Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 06:49:11 -0700 From: Chris <portmaster@bsdforge.com> To: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> Cc: henrichhartzer@tuta.io, Freebsd Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: quarterly 2024Q3 amd64 / 13.3 missing all vital packages for desktop Message-ID: <b308436009f0b342d0a417b351f1c01d@bsdforge.com> In-Reply-To: <3c600636-34a5-4d6c-86d6-f04da1daa806@quip.cz> References: <608da216-2047-4fdd-b48b-88659dedb27c@quip.cz> <O4NO4ux--3-9@tuta.io> <3c600636-34a5-4d6c-86d6-f04da1daa806@quip.cz>
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On 2024-08-16 00:37, Miroslav Lachman wrote: > On 16/08/2024 01:34, henrichhartzer@tuta.io wrote: >> Hi Miroslav, >> >> Please see my email titled: "Quarterly backport for multimedia/x265 patch" >> sent to this list a few hours before yours. Shortly after sending it, the >> patch was committed to 2024Q3. Builders will have to catch up, but >> hopefully things can be resolved. >> >> I do feel like this could have been caught and fixed faster with some >> better alerting. I've heard of pkg-fallout and know little of it, but maybe >> it should have noticed this? Or did it? I have no idea. >> >> I know it's a terrible experience when pkg is wanting to remove your >> desktop packages in bulk. > > Thank you for pointing to this thread. > This is really bad experience with quarterly branch. I think the branch > should be > published only after the successful build of main packages. Blindly created > quarterly branch which is not working for about 6 weeks is terrible > experience. While I completely agree. I'm wondering if this isn't more a pkg(8) deficit. eg; if pkg first determined that all/most of the packages intended to be upgraded did not exist, issue a warn, with the option to bail/quit. Leaving the system untouched. --Chris > > Kind regards > Miroslav Lachman -- Be a measuring stick of quality. Not everyone is used to an environment where excellence is expected.
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