From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Thu Dec 13 18:25:04 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 166CA132F8DD for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2018 18:25:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adamw@adamw.org) Received: from mail-yw1-xc2d.google.com (mail-yw1-xc2d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::c2d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41E1C6C1D1 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2018 18:25:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adamw@adamw.org) Received: by mail-yw1-xc2d.google.com with SMTP id i20so1212217ywc.5 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2018 10:25:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=adamw-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=cXh2HeJbFuDqZaKWZUHlgSG8JK3kcDq5wLQze0sqx3E=; b=KhYey+2+lXdWh5WTRKwgpYMPGUilHRr85ychFuMOBzYqQ9WYlJkX8JlBFBVia9XCVO 33iJ63vBrRpZnMcXEH8VchZ9CbGy31Pi1jRGi94ZNM3sWREIk/OmBtZXOy1W4HVfQV1E WpDUBsvCwrhFjUtbFkKD1zbz3n1HQRszkKjch5LnAhq0Dp+s4OVbsSSqFfa0ujtq36Gx nWIaVhtaz5M8U0G08cX9Y5pWKINt3/XvSHqjmoSnIdT1x3abbdnkmHCGEQtWpORQ0Jdr MhWp79SZPbUFfoplF4EkD76Je16KKdnpt48LmYQSMyzUSEMp63DMCbKb0O9O9zWJI6v6 dccw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=cXh2HeJbFuDqZaKWZUHlgSG8JK3kcDq5wLQze0sqx3E=; b=WSu/9qh2g8tRCuEiawNJZ4PVdpe+YdZpvqndSnFaB8TxmZf/hqTZ96meNnV9tnYhua 0uanU5S3hGdyLRG1fK9casx+AJwfVB+9VeN10N9dAzsFAXYSgw+eOYlzDP1IDzU0wkcf Gh7KZP4zY62nLQ06rTmWSkVfzX/bkN/VjchyOvnCHasF6eFiXeWrw51Lr50pRMboO7dF 7yjCnTKtbfwtlklhXY6Cms3vgKA64Sz1S8T81uHNb7hJPqJI6LxM35+1fEDNqvFJeRxL iM3poMQIizR2lCkKCp3m+smytbHJUlBVzqnzANZvw7o1MJ2/ftp5CDCignCdE+kjVvUx qcRg== X-Gm-Message-State: AA+aEWbBDrAb1iY9zfIuFDJWAH35ml1IDPz0RmRQxQ2cdgpxEokpRsU/ rAUlTEp65iY/J/c/yWaZsrjnpJKC2j7YC+6RnWIWL+N+Zj8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AFSGD/UHiY8Qh3G5mmDEMqTVOM4vaD2yxJahWEaMB8Z64m1+Q6CYMGfbhzVE1MyxGlrB4TwebbnbtQORSQf1c90Jqio= X-Received: by 2002:a81:6189:: with SMTP id v131mr26303378ywb.37.1544725502675; Thu, 13 Dec 2018 10:25:02 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5c126f7f.1c69fb81.88ea9.6a7a@mx.google.com> <454f6ab1-1ced-19d5-47e8-523b14e2575c@FreeBSD.org> <3a90f64c-ce6e-2ca4-9399-e1173ccfd829@m5p.com> In-Reply-To: <3a90f64c-ce6e-2ca4-9399-e1173ccfd829@m5p.com> From: Adam Weinberger Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 11:24:46 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: A potential new porter seeking some clarifications To: george+freebsd@m5p.com Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 41E1C6C1D1 X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=adamw-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.s=20150623 header.b=KhYey+2+; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of adamw@adamw.org designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::c2d as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=adamw@adamw.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.74 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.78)[-0.782,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[adamw-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com:s=20150623]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[freebsd]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-ports@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[adamw.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[adamw-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[d.2.c.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[alt1.aspmx.l.google.com,aspmx.l.google.com,alt3.aspmx.l.google.com,alt2.aspmx.l.google.com,alt4.aspmx.l.google.com]; IP_SCORE(-0.60)[ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-1.59), asn: 15169(-1.30), country: US(-0.09)]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.86)[-0.857,0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 18:25:04 -0000 On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 11:00 AM George Mitchell wrote: > > On 12/13/18 10:06 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > [...] So long as you have sufficient disk space > > and you aren't trying to rebuild the entire ports tree, it can work well > > on a very ordinary desktop machine. [...] > > Still getting used to the idea that a machine with >16GB would today > be considered a "very ordinary desktop machine." -- Decrepit old George Do yourself a favour though and use ZFS. Poudriere is fast and elegant on ZFS. It is unavoidably painfully slow on UFS/FFS. # Adam -- Adam Weinberger adamw@adamw.org https://www.adamw.org