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Date:      Fri, 16 Aug 2024 07:33:29 -0700
From:      Chris <portmaster@bsdforge.com>
To:        Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>, henrichhartzer@tuta.io, Freebsd Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: quarterly 2024Q3 amd64 / 13.3 missing all vital packages for desktop
Message-ID:  <a6084f03a53dd72f79aecec66e144a17@bsdforge.com>
In-Reply-To: <F2864256-ADF9-4752-82B7-3FF9A0B055BB@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <608da216-2047-4fdd-b48b-88659dedb27c@quip.cz> <O4NO4ux--3-9@tuta.io> <3c600636-34a5-4d6c-86d6-f04da1daa806@quip.cz> <b308436009f0b342d0a417b351f1c01d@bsdforge.com> <F2864256-ADF9-4752-82B7-3FF9A0B055BB@FreeBSD.org>

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On 2024-08-16 07:09, Dimitry Andric wrote:
> On 16 Aug 2024, at 15:49, Chris <portmaster@bsdforge.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 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.
> 
> Last time I checked "pkg upgrade" asks "Proceed with this action? [y/N]", 
> and the
> default is "N". So what you are suggesting, is already the case?
Right you are. Sorry. Just got up, I'll refrain from responding before 
finishing my coffee in the future. :/

> 
> This is a problem with patches (or really any distfiles) that are retrieved 
> from
> websites which are not under FreeBSD's control. If those websites decide to 
> change
> the contents of those files, there is not much we can do about it, and ports 
> which
> used to work then simply break. If other ports depend on those, those break 
> too,
> there is not much you can do, except postponing upgrades.
> 
> -Dimitry

--Chris
--
Be a measuring stick of quality. Not everyone is
used to an environment where excellence is expected.



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