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Date:      Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:10:21 +0100
From:      Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>
To:        Helmut Schneider <jumper99@gmx.de>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Big patches
Message-ID:  <CADLo839gKKsG3pjTYiCav_RP%2BzwEVVhTfamwt23cUto9woOwUA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 19 August 2011 08:55, Helmut Schneider <jumper99@gmx.de> wrote:
> 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). =A0Normally I handle such PRs manually before the cleanup
>> process runs, but I forgot to do it this time. =A0(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? =A0Such 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" :)
>

Except when the plist changes dramatically. See Perter's Handbook :)

Chris



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