From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 12 09:15:27 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5003106564A for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:15:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from april.london.02.net (april.london.02.net [87.194.255.143]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 599F88FC16 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:15:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muji2.config (87.194.237.233) by april.london.02.net (8.5.140) id 4F728CFB00627349 for ports@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:13:54 +0100 Message-ID: <4F869CD2.2040702@onetel.com> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:13:54 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100924 Thunderbird/3.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ports@FreeBSD.org References: <4F863615.80203@shatow.net> <4F864EEE.4010508@p6m7g8.com> In-Reply-To: <4F864EEE.4010508@p6m7g8.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: ports-mgmt/portupgrade - Deprecated? 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: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:15:27 -0000 On 12/04/2012 04:41, Philip M. Gollucci wrote: > On 04/12/12 03:39, Eitan Adler wrote: >> On 11 April 2012 21:55, Bryan Drewery wrote: >>> Hi Phillip, >>> >>> Your last commit on portupgrade [1] indicates to consider portmaster >>> instead. What are the thoughts on this? Just the lack of a maintainer? >> >> Open PRs that indicate long lasting bugs with no upstream maintainer. >> If you would like to pick up development of portupgrade please go >> ahead! >> >>> I was considering writing/submitting a patch to support pkgng with >>> portupgrade. >> >> There are many that would be thankful. If you wish to become the >> upstream maintainer and release new versions, fix bugs, deal with >> existing PRs please do so. I'll be happy to commit the new version. >> > > I'd say with Eitan said, but the architecture and dependencies of > portupgrade make this a daunting task to say the least; however, feel > free to try. > Hi I'm only a lurker and lowly user but could I humbly request that portmanager is brought back into use? It's simple to use and does what it does extremely well and without fuss. I think the fact that it still "just works" after all this time is a mark of it's worth. thanks Chris