From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Fri Apr 2 21:17:46 2021 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 7A4E05B2259 for ; Fri, 2 Apr 2021 21:17:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca) Received: from doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (doctor.nl2k.ab.ca [204.209.81.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FBtDp34FKz3vnG; Fri, 2 Apr 2021 21:17:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca) Received: from doctor by doctor.nl2k.ab.ca with local (Exim 4.94 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1lSR9x-000DfT-1R; Fri, 02 Apr 2021 15:16:53 -0600 Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 15:16:53 -0600 From: The Doctor To: Guido Falsi Cc: Kurt Jaeger , Dewayne Geraghty , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No update for a day on ports? Message-ID: References: <20210401082247.668e4394@zeta.dino.sk> <3b7de439-12a1-70a4-7aec-8b2a9fde38ba@heuristicsystems.com.au> <405a8bca-33e9-77ca-14d9-80761ac505cc@madpilot.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <405a8bca-33e9-77ca-14d9-80761ac505cc@madpilot.net> X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4FBtDp34FKz3vnG X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2021 21:17:46 -0000 On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 04:45:00PM +0200, Guido Falsi via freebsd-ports wrote: > On 02/04/21 15:44, The Doctor via freebsd-ports wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 08:55:00AM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >>> As a minor aside, has anyone stated the reason why the user-base of base > >>> or ports are moving to git? > >> > >> Yes: > >> > >> https://github.com/bsdimp/freebsd-git-docs/blob/main/git-why.md > >> > > > > Then the question is : Moving forward, how do we update > > the ports? > > > > The same questions keep being asked even if replied to multiple times. > > you can use git with the official git repo (once it will be available, > migration is still in progress), or reference a mirror on github or > gitlab. Some documentation about how to do this is available at [1]. > > If I understand correctly documentation will also be added to the > handbook once migration is done. > > Git is a little complicated but a lot of documentation is available on > the internet. search engines are you friends. > > If you only want to keep /usr/ports updated the easiest tool to achieve > that is gitup available in ports at net/gitup. > > I reiterate, migration is still in progress, the latest available > snapshot of the ports tree (at present read only) is via subversion. > once migration is done the official git repo and mirrors will be available. > > There isn't much more to be sail until the migration is done. > Git is ready, but I use pkg/portsnap . How does that affect us? > > [1] https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/committers-guide/#git-primer > > -- > Guido Falsi > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Yahweh, Queen & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism https://www.empire.kred/ROOTNK?t=94a1f39b If they can dehumanize the most innocent, they can dehumanize anyone. -unknown