Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:42:47 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <code@apotheon.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maximizing the use of binary packages and minimizing building packages Message-ID: <20140210224247.GA3975@glaze.hydra> In-Reply-To: <52F803B0.9030700@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAF9MD52AwvzBTq9ys0ADW_-LojL38HSuNVtbCi=yEa6uYRu4uQ@mail.gmail.com> <52D5877F.7060508@bayofrum.net> <52D58C86.2070101@FreeBSD.org> <CAF9MD52yDpdiAKotRvCciAYRStOQ3Ni3WY2G1drbTu70y9wQqA@mail.gmail.com> <52D5C564.7020306@FreeBSD.org> <20140209221829.GA41870@glaze.hydra> <52F803B0.9030700@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 10:39:44PM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 09/02/2014 22:18, Chad Perrin wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 11:16:52PM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > >> On 14/01/2014 19:35, Matt Reimer wrote: > >>> That's good news. What should I watch for in order to know when Really > >>> Soon Now becomes Now? > >>> > >> > >> The release of pkg-1.3.x > > > > After most of a month (yes, I know that's not all that long), as I > > upgrade Mumble from pkgng to portmaster install to avoid having Qt > > binary package libs destroy X11 functionality with KMS again and watch > > the process destroy my browser instead, I wonder . . . > > > > Do you have any estimate on how many months Real Soon Now might mean? I > > swear I won't hold you to a deadline; I would rather it be done right > > than done quickly. I'm just interested in having something like an > > order-of-magnitude guesstimate for how far in the future Real Soon Now > > will happen. > > I can't really say. The essential code -- the new solver -- has been > committed to the Github master branch. But there's a lot of work to do > yet to bed that in properly and debug any problems. > > We did at one point mutter about making a new branch about every three > months or so, which would put 1.3 release sometime in March. But that's > way too early IMHO. "When it's ready." Okay, thanks. Sounds like six months from now probably isn't *too* unrealistic, then. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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