Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 07:27:52 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@people.tecnik93.com> To: Shaun Amott <shaun@inerd.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: portscout - new distfile scanner Message-ID: <20060404072752.0c55b9e4@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <20060403190532.GA966@picobyte.net> References: <20060403190532.GA966@picobyte.net>
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On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 20:05:32 +0100 Shaun Amott <shaun@inerd.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > > As I mentioned a few days ago, I've been working on a system for > checking for new ports distfiles. Someone pointed out that there is > already a script which does this - however, it seems to be out of > service. > > My initial intent was to create a generic script for personal use, but > it has rapidly expanded into something which spiders the entire tree, > and uses a full-scale relational database. > > The script - called "portscout" - uses a more sophisticated set of tests > to determine if a new distfile is available. It still has a few rough > edges, but it's nearly ready for day-to-day operation. > > I have done a test run, for anyone who might be interested: > > http://beta.inerd.com/portscout/ > > I'm prepared to continue running this as a service if there is enough > interest; otherwise, I will either run it for parts of the tree, or > release it for personal use. For my ports: It missed apcupsd, which is at 3.12.2, the other seem OK. I'm curious how does this compare with Edwin's in terms of bandwidth used and accuracy. -- IOnut - Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" BOFH excuse #218: The UPS doesn't have a battery backup
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