From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Fri Aug 7 13:25:47 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1C513BAC1B for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2020 13:25:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swills@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (mailman.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BNR236FZ6z4QZl for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2020 13:25:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swills@FreeBSD.org) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id D42083BAB20; Fri, 7 Aug 2020 13:25:47 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: ports@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D27533BA8FD for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2020 13:25:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swills@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mouf.net (mouf.net [IPv6:2607:fc50:0:4400:216:3eff:fe69:33b3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mouf.net", Issuer "mouf.net" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BNR233r4mz4QnR for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2020 13:25:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swills@FreeBSD.org) Received: from lrrr.mouf.net (cpe-76-182-16-135.nc.res.rr.com [76.182.16.135]) (authenticated bits=0) by mouf.net (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id 077DPa38051057 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Fri, 7 Aug 2020 13:25:41 GMT (envelope-from swills@FreeBSD.org) Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] Planned deprecation of portsnap To: Michael Gmelin Cc: "ports@FreeBSD.org" References: <17c99d60-da68-a6be-8372-051c971339c7@FreeBSD.org> <20200807121902.5ceacf24@bsd64.grem.de> From: Steve Wills Message-ID: <67fabbf4-0fc3-49da-8354-2e20486d4751@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 09:25:33 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.11.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20200807121902.5ceacf24@bsd64.grem.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (mouf.net [199.48.129.64]); Fri, 07 Aug 2020 13:25:42 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=4.5 tests=KHOP_HELO_FCRDNS, NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on mouf.net X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.99.2 at mouf.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BNR233r4mz4QnR X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.00 / 15.00]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36236, ipnet:2607:fc50::/36, country:US]; local_wl_from(0.00)[FreeBSD.org] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2020 13:25:48 -0000 Hi, On 8/7/20 6:19 AM, Michael Gmelin wrote: > > > On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 01:24:00 -0400 > Steve Wills wrote: > >> Hi, [snip] >> 2. Use svnlite to checkout a ports tree. (There will be git -> svn >> replication. > > Will this be a long-term option? I don't know yet exactly how long the git to svn migration is planned to be maintained. I would expect quite some time. [snip] >> 3. Download a tar of the ports tree either from: >> https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/ports/ports/ >> >> or cgit. > > Would work too, but relatively expensive. Also, how often would it be > updated? I believe that's updated daily and the tars from cgit are generated at least that frequently, if not more. Steve