From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 26 20:57:50 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 235F51065672; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:57:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@rulingia.com) Received: from vps.rulingia.com (host-122-100-2-194.octopus.com.au [122.100.2.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B3E18FC15; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:57:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from aspire.rulingia.com (12.58.233.220.static.exetel.com.au [220.233.58.12]) by vps.rulingia.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5QKvdRB064919 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 27 Jun 2012 06:57:42 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@rulingia.com) Received: from aspire.rulingia.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aspire.rulingia.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5QKuqhc031589 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 27 Jun 2012 06:56:53 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@aspire.rulingia.com) Received: (from peter@localhost) by aspire.rulingia.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q5QKup1L031588; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 06:56:51 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 06:56:41 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Chris Rees Message-ID: <20120626205641.GD1651@aspire.rulingia.com> References: <20120626092645.Horde.HytQbVNNcXdP6WQ1aMtjoMA@webmail.df.eu> <4FE96BA0.6040005@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4FE97008.2060501@netfence.it> <4FE97AE1.9080109@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4FE9817C.7020905@netfence.it> <4FE99200.7050107@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20120626130715.Horde.eb3fPtjz9kRP6ZfjA7sSFoA@webmail.df.eu> <4FE9AB85.3070106@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20120626162055.0b2bdb0d@gumby.homeunix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HWvPVVuAAfuRc6SZ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://www.rulingia.com/keys/peter.pgp User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port system "problems" X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:57:50 -0000 --HWvPVVuAAfuRc6SZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2012-Jun-26 17:40:08 +0100, Chris Rees wrote: >Also, with pkgng the emphasis is more on binary upgrades. We really >shouldn't still be compiling from source for everything in this day >and age-- we're one of only two major projects that still do this as >the main upgrade solution. One of the big benefits of the FreeBSD ports system is that I can customise ports to suit my needs. I don't have choice forced upon me by a ports maintainer - who may have totally different requirements. I agree the current _package_ system has some rough edges (lack of synchronisation/serialisation to cope with parallel installs and poor overall performance) but I hope the ports build system will not be thrown out as part of the pkgng migration. --=20 Peter Jeremy --HWvPVVuAAfuRc6SZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk/qIgkACgkQ/opHv/APuId5lgCfbFkgKL/NFs9OxZo+YSSl6FDT cr8AoLdFNDhszlcx0zzxvLsdwqNSJ72H =PR0k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HWvPVVuAAfuRc6SZ--