Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2017 18:49:36 -0500 From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk>, Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Welcome flavors! portmaster now dead? synth? Message-ID: <cfa54480-7298-c28c-8b1c-a6d29e00d8f2@columbus.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHEMsqbUVcaC_P5%2BzC-cb9uB8TFdgWZZCCQ%2Bd0KfjW0fEADe1A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAN6yY1ujLFdKpuG4Rxz%2Bfww9gAxTBaY14iCB7RFTkh-oVB1%2B9A@mail.gmail.com> <BN6PR2001MB1730A16025654AB7C452111B80390@BN6PR2001MB1730.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> <CAOc73CD9VnLKv8-jBNW1Uj05LnEFh6kkZFKNAxp-EG9YO_AUxA@mail.gmail.com> <1512211220.79413.1.camel@yandex.com> <BN6PR2001MB17309152A0FC3776781AB53B803E0@BN6PR2001MB1730.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> <20171202184356.GA980@lonesome.com> <b0e44e55-5fc9-af2a-22c8-bfa0d30c866f@columbus.rr.com> <20800E88-36EC-49C4-A281-EA6BAB212DBF@adamw.org> <048e2faf-873e-beb5-35fe-ad8f3f8ea5be@columbus.rr.com> <9BFBB00F-0786-4B92-A564-EABD0179BD93@adamw.org> <CAHEMsqbUVcaC_P5%2BzC-cb9uB8TFdgWZZCCQ%2Bd0KfjW0fEADe1A@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/3/2017 3:07 PM, Steven Hartland wrote: > Come on guys you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. > > Yes I got caught out by flavours too, but it was quickly fixed and it > adds a much needed feature which will make ports and associated tools > better at the end of the day. > > People really seem to miss the point that there are only finite > resources and as an open source project that depends on people > volunteering their time to add new features and maintain tools. > > A number of the messages to this thread really don’t seem to > appreciate that and they come across very poorly. > > Sure it would it be nice if everyone’s favourite tool was always > maintained in good time but that can’t always be the case, however if > anyone really wants something, they can chip in and make it happen, > thats the beauty of open source projects. > > For those who are considering migrating to something else, would your > time not be better spent chipping in to help? > Not really, you are still left with current hardware not being supported. > When we adopted poudriere at work, it really enabled us to make much > quicker progress than we had been able to do with portmaster, so for > those that havent tried it its well worth a shot if your previous > favourite tool hasn’t been updated yet. > Also if I was to update the "other tools" would it be incorperated into the ports or would all the work be for nothing?
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