Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:18:16 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingox@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster Message-ID: <AANLkTimWCXG-R_svFHdJHWOB8MUAgoB0LpGDVSaxCSZ3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=Adgzf4suvoaE-NiYLrkVa0gFbEfCAU1X9QzSb@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTinBJo0M-5fL=ATeY0KXnjA3O-7=TOLMF0X6dzdC@mail.gmail.com> <4C5BC280.1070805@FreeBSD.org> <AANLkTinfXC%2B4J-ZVyUShqKNS3AgpXgwDtnMjVx=iSo9K@mail.gmail.com> <4C5BF352.5050004@dataix.net> <4C5C7DFF.8020400@FreeBSD.org> <AANLkTinmwuncNLGqMJRSVk3bnJWjkSRT%2B9atOuEn5haw@mail.gmail.com> <4C5CFBCD.8090702@dataix.net> <4C6417BC.9060605@intertainservices.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008121426030.16974@qbhto.arg> <4C656919.9070703@intertainservices.com> <AANLkTi=Adgzf4suvoaE-NiYLrkVa0gFbEfCAU1X9QzSb@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote: > > However, as a user of portmaster, I would like to say that just > because portupgrade (or portmanager, or port-tool-of-the-month) has a > specific feature, doesn't mean it absolutely needs to be added to > portmaster. > Agreed. > Personally, I can say that in my many years of using port management > tools (on firewalls, routers, servers, and desktops), I have never had > a need for a feature like this. > IMHO, it goes both ways: just because you haven't needed a feature in portupgrade (or other tool) doesn't mean that such a feature isn't useful for other users. HAND -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen
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