From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 19 08:10:52 2011 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3772106564A for <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:10:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ADC78FC13 for <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:10:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwi36 with SMTP id 36so2811140wwi.31 for <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:10:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=x+QiRAPU/V0IJ9DHgmZa1a2/h5h3a+9zdQe0MLe4YCc=; b=nqINNbrN84ITch/CNZehAVDIc7rvRhzT6ms3mIiuDjjMQv0CJxriS9jk+ntafmeGcH Ekb1efAvxRIlENwvhRWV6iSIeZWHCj7iWjA2Ap43mjZUdAxpJntJiE/Qv6rrT04OZ+s1 94h5raAMit/cK01tvnTmOds0H4XaNjWRWMF74= Received: by 10.216.68.207 with SMTP id l57mr207234wed.46.1313741451116; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:10:51 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: utisoft@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.151.230 with HTTP; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:10:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <xn0hi1ji35qeqm000@news.gmane.org> References: <xn0hi0msq2gi3a000@news.gmane.org> <20110818231920.GB3936@lonesome.com> <xn0hi1ji35qeqm000@news.gmane.org> From: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:10:21 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 9akO_Re1IXPh--Cq5DKXfMEW4U4 Message-ID: <CADLo839gKKsG3pjTYiCav_RP+zwEVVhTfamwt23cUto9woOwUA@mail.gmail.com> To: Helmut Schneider <jumper99@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Big patches X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD <freebsd-ports.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports>, <mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports>, <mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:10:52 -0000 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