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Date:      Thu, 1 Apr 2021 09:54:16 +0200
From:      Milan Obuch <freebsd-ports@dino.sk>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: No update for a day on ports?
Message-ID:  <20210401095416.096f62c4@zeta.dino.sk>
In-Reply-To: <20210401074704.7s6lqsqu6mnn2qwo@aching.in.mat.cc>
References:  <20210401082247.668e4394@zeta.dino.sk> <YGVxnG3KLewnaLQ9@home.opsec.eu> <20210401091615.37e497fb@zeta.dino.sk> <20210401074704.7s6lqsqu6mnn2qwo@aching.in.mat.cc>

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On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 09:47:04 +0200, Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org>
wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 09:16:15AM +0200, Milan Obuch wrote:
> > Also, what about svn mirror, as is done for src repository, for 11
> > and 12 branches at least? I did not tried it recently, but it used
> > to work. For some boxes, adding git to the mix would be big PITA.  
> 
> There will be no Git to Subversion conversion for ports, like for
> docs. The only reason there is for the base system on 11 and 12 is
> because Subversion was the source control software used when they
> were released.
> 

This is unpleasant move for me. This means git or equivalent (and
dependencies) must be installed on any box where tracking ports tree is
planned/needed... and no tool like svnlite could be expected in base
system for some time.

So I need some work on my local infrastructure to adjust to this move.
C'est la vie...

Regards,
Milan



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