Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 11:58:48 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> To: abi <abi@abinet.ru> Cc: Thomas Mueller <mueller6722@twc.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of synth following expulsion of John Marino? Message-ID: <113653FF-1F93-448E-99C6-9943BBD9DAAE@adamw.org> In-Reply-To: <58A4A227.6080000@abinet.ru> References: <33.4E.19143.3DE14A85@dnvrco-omsmta03> <3F2A28D7-A3A4-4549-B125-805EC9923F3B@adamw.org> <58A4A227.6080000@abinet.ru>
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> On 15 Feb, 2017, at 11:47, abi <abi@abinet.ru> wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 > On 15.02.2017 18:00, Adam Weinberger wrote: >>> 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. >>=20 >> 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. >=20 > This is FUD. Yes, portmaster can be less maintained, but it works = without observable issues, at least I don't see any problems with it on = my systems. synth and poudriere lacks the ability to set and maintain = port options recursively, eliminating any practical (from user = perspective, not developer) use of such software stand alone. Sure it does. poudriere options -j jailname editors/vim Sets options recursively. Not seeing any problems with it right now isn't the point of my message. = The point is that portmaster WILL break when new features (currently in = progress) are added to the ports build system, and being unmaintained, = there's no guarantees that it will ever unbreak. # Adam --=20 Adam Weinberger adamw@adamw.org https://www.adamw.org
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