From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 4 04:27:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B866E16A401 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2006 04:27:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from itetcu@people.tecnik93.com) Received: from it.buh.tecnik93.com (it.buh.tecnik93.com [81.196.204.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5332D43D46 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2006 04:27:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from itetcu@people.tecnik93.com) Received: from it.buh.tecnik93.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.tecnik93.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6820117610; Tue, 4 Apr 2006 07:27:53 +0300 (EEST) Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 07:27:52 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: Shaun Amott Message-ID: <20060404072752.0c55b9e4@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <20060403190532.GA966@picobyte.net> References: <20060403190532.GA966@picobyte.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.8.16; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: portscout - new distfile scanner X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:27:55 -0000 On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 20:05:32 +0100 Shaun Amott 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