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Date:      Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:54:16 +0000 (UTC)
From:      "Helmut Schneider" <jumper99@gmx.de>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Big patches
Message-ID:  <xn0hi1mmi9ypig001@news.gmane.org>
References:  <xn0hi0msq2gi3a000@news.gmane.org> <20110818231920.GB3936@lonesome.com> <xn0hi1ji35qeqm000@news.gmane.org> <CADLo839gKKsG3pjTYiCav_RP%2BzwEVVhTfamwt23cUto9woOwUA@mail.gmail.com>

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Chris Rees wrote:

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

Will the maintainer who proposed me to create a static plist please
stand up, please stand up, please stand up? ;)




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