From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 16 15:30:26 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 50E4D217 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:30:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-lb0-f182.google.com (mail-lb0-f182.google.com [209.85.217.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B835A8FC08 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:30:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f182.google.com with SMTP id go10so134737lbb.13 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:30:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=PxPV+/SWUt15tZar00p8w6iGyzKW4nja+IvZz9Idmrk=; b=qd1vHcW0n9+iiKi8c7qjr0dwUWCLay9lSGHO6f5EmIDXaxrNMhtROr1jsv/rwqGtwr F1Fvjvc/b4N2tKcZhAC2UDBA5qWJ2hmE74svkm4tjE7cZ/vRvuwsLcLRkRRLtDnivcD/ poVwrab/4TVjdNUPVASsdFou+KsNi/fAdZfwk= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=PxPV+/SWUt15tZar00p8w6iGyzKW4nja+IvZz9Idmrk=; b=ZGtQGnErBskMDbu9IUFmT3EM4UDakT/CDuTw9eNJBOBTah4IWmyaA0PT6iFPSIttFf k+tcXitArcpHcldWMVhyIDB9PzoYqXi1VUMRP/NtsMQouSOyyjjHpmcFllCSVukI7CdW FPO69C24thh9r9GrqVd7IGaGdz7rrg+iZtsspzYK3pLGGxDnndPR9DtMYjr7BOvl7JSR dQGLAndJLpXGv1Myhb55l8bfGSnIkgbf8iC+rVjKiJ26wV+96dlWF2Dcadb4qEurJog9 0wIC5dQhNnd9O+YWhmWFIRbKRwuGooVHg7ZlR8wKosOO4pqyL6hzuYt9jMCvBBbkEBrH IfjQ== Received: by 10.112.37.7 with SMTP id u7mr2121120lbj.30.1353079824261; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:30:24 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.25.166 with HTTP; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:29:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50A64F69.30607@gmail.com> References: <50A64F69.30607@gmail.com> From: Eitan Adler Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:29:52 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Users Handbook To: Joseph a Nagy Jr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk2vfuUSkt3IXpq5Q3LJRSr94Ke8XRDeTbHxQyBdZU1g9n2hWXqBozAKr2iM+TB/5pIPG/y Cc: FreeBSD Ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:30:26 -0000 On 16 November 2012 09:36, Joseph a Nagy Jr wrote: > I'm tired of getting the third degree on irc because of this even though > it's not something I have control over. > > When I point someone to the User's handbook for using svn[0] instead of > portsnap, I always seem to receive flack that the handbook points users > to checkout on the central svn repo. I can see the wisdom in using a > mirror, but I cannot fix the handbook and am frankly tired of being > yelled at. Please fix this. There is nothing wrong with using the central SVN server - it can handle the load. Use of a mirror is more for reduced latency on the downloader's part. -- Eitan Adler