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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?
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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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