Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 08:00:52 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller6722@twc.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of synth following expulsion of John Marino? Message-ID: <3F2A28D7-A3A4-4549-B125-805EC9923F3B@adamw.org> In-Reply-To: <33.4E.19143.3DE14A85@dnvrco-omsmta03> References: <33.4E.19143.3DE14A85@dnvrco-omsmta03>
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> On 15 Feb, 2017, at 2:26, Thomas Mueller <mueller6722@twc.com> wrote: >=20 > Expulsion of John Marino was a shocker to me, caught me by surprise. >=20 > Now my question is what is the status of synth? >=20 > Should I switch from portmaster to synth? >=20 > If synth is deprecated or dropped, after I switch from portmaster to = synth, then I have to switch back, and this would be a monster mess of = extra work. >=20 > Not to be inflammatory here, just want to know where I/we stand and = don't want to go too far off course updating my ports. I don't recommend portmaster for anybody. It's unmaintained, it already = causes headaches on upgrades, and even though it works now, it is = unlikely to keep working as the ports tree evolves. You should switch to poudriere or Synth. Poudriere is what most of the = committers use, and it's what all the builder machines use. It's simple = to set up, and is the reference ports tool. Synth is a great builder = too, and AFAIK John is still very actively developing it. # Adam --=20 Adam Weinberger adamw@adamw.org https://www.adamw.org
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