Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 15:26:30 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> Cc: Matthew Rezny <matthew@reztek.cz>, FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion Message-ID: <CAN6yY1usxwYXYbDk0Qw30OR00gOVfGip4E1-c8EpZfJ%2BH1h-Jg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140524220103.GN2341@home.opsec.eu> References: <2318877.ATaMhzlr5B@desktop.reztek> <1521997.Va510XRLDQ@desktop.reztek> <534AD94A.2030105@marino.st> <2827292.qM76QHi0yk@workstation.reztek> <20140524180557.GF2341@home.opsec.eu> <20140524220103.GN2341@home.opsec.eu>
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On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> wrote: > Hi! > > > I agree that there was a lot of change in the ports tree recently. > > But: There is a reason for this: The ports tree has to be cleaner > > so that it can provide better automatic processes to the users. > > It's not easy, but it's getting there. > > I found a presentation which really goes deep into the process > and reasoning behind going to pkgng and staging: > > http://www.slideshare.net/VsevolodStakhov/new-solver-for-freebsd-pkg > > Very cool stuff. > > As far as avoiding breaking things on older versions that you no longer have available or newer ones you have yet to install anywhere, remember redports,org <https://redports.org>. I find it invaluable for testing ports in a variety of environments. It currently supports 8.4, 9.2, 10.0, and HEAD on amd64 and i386. https://redports.org -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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