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Date:      Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:55:50 +0000 (UTC)
From:      "Helmut Schneider" <jumper99@gmx.de>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Big patches
Message-ID:  <xn0hi1ji35qeqm000@news.gmane.org>
References:  <xn0hi0msq2gi3a000@news.gmane.org> <20110818231920.GB3936@lonesome.com>

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Mark Linimon wrote:

> Sorry, I did not see your message and emailed you separately.
> 
> GNATS has a spamcatcher for > 500k messages (mostly this catches
> viruses).  Normally I handle such PRs manually before the cleanup
> process runs, but I forgot to do it this time.  (I only took a
> glance.)
> 
> Does the plist change dramatically every time the ports are updated?

Yes.

> Is there any way around this if so?  Such large changes put stress
> not only on GNATS (it is, after all, a database), but also on the CVS
> repository when the updates are committed.

I generated the plist in the past but not very long time ago I was told
(and let me quote): "generation the plist is not considered a good
practice" :)




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