From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Fri Mar 26 16:05:57 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 8424257B632 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:05:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from portmaster@bsdforge.com) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (mailman.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F6RfD5H73z4s1B for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:05:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from portmaster@bsdforge.com) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 7C20A57B3E4; Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:05:56 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: 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 7B3B357B3DF for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:05:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from portmaster@bsdforge.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (static-24-113-41-81.wavecable.com [24.113.41.81]) (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-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "ultimatedns.net", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F6RfD1Jg0z4s62 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:05:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from portmaster@bsdforge.com) Received: from ultimatedns.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by udns.ultimatedns.net (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTP id 12QG68Hi091366; Fri, 26 Mar 2021 09:06:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from portmaster@bsdforge.com) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 09:06:08 -0700 From: Chris To: RW Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Python 2.7 removal outline In-Reply-To: <20210326154426.7c7079f2@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <20210324130347.GA29020@freefall.freebsd.org> <10693816.1udYB6hd2u@ravel> <20210325150320.f74kx2uor4dwl5y5@aniel.nours.eu> <3c1821a8-0afb-f27c-05d4-6ad0cf577f2a@m5p.com> <20210326154426.7c7079f2@gumby.homeunix.com> User-Agent: UDNSMS/17.0 Message-ID: <8552dddf3bc33e42ae124cd4ea53fb4f@bsdforge.com> X-Sender: portmaster@bsdforge.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4F6RfD1Jg0z4s62 X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none 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, 26 Mar 2021 16:05:57 -0000 On 2021-03-26 08:44, RW via freebsd-ports wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:55:33 +1100 (EST) > Dave Horsfall wrote: > >> On Thu, 25 Mar 2021, George Mitchell wrote: >> >> >> [...] it is really not for everybody to use overlays in current >> >> state (overlays are poor documented at least). [...] >> > >> > Until this thread I had never heard of them. -- >> > George >> >> I can't remember the last time I used overlays (certainly with CP/M); >> I didn't know that FreeBSD even supported them (why bother when >> you've got VM?). > > I doubt that meaning of overlay is going to be relevant. I'd not heard > of it either, but from looking in ports/Mk/ it seems to be a way of > modifying port builds. As I understand it. It allows you to graft out-of-tree ports/versions onto the ports-tree-proper. --Chris > _______________________________________________ > 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"