Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 08:04:16 -0500 From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The future of portmaster Message-ID: <945f6d92-6834-7e2c-18c4-0a17e2c04122@columbus.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <CAB88xy_RU5TTE=pcsjCWsxWyU-jP91qzD9S-R1v6GKGHJg2=nQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAB88xy_RU5TTE=pcsjCWsxWyU-jP91qzD9S-R1v6GKGHJg2=nQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 02/16/17 06:08, Luca Pizzamiglio wrote: > Hi all, > > portmaster, a tool used/loved/hated, is almost in abandoned state. > I'm a portmaster user, because, in some cases, it fits my needs. > In other cases, I use other tools, like poudriere or synth, that are > really great. > I don't want to open a discussion here about what it's better, but the > truth is, that I use portmaster and it's not maintained. > So I decided to spend some time to look at it and to work on it. > > I forked it and I start some work. > The plan is: > - remove obsolete features, like the -PP option > - remove pkg_* support (even if someone could be against it), forcing > the usage of pkg > - prepare the support of new features like FLAVORS and subpackages > - adding a new ports, called portmaster-devel, for the new version > > I did a branch on github working of the first two points > (https://github.com/pizzamig/portmaster/tree/remove_oldpkg) > > I'm looking for constructive critics, feedbacks, anything that can > help me to make portmaster an actively maintained and used tool. > > Thanks in advance > > Best regards, > pizzamig > > PS: I won't start a port/pkg tool war, my opinion is that the world is > big enough to have poudriere, synth, portmaster, portupgrade and > whatever tool you will write to handle/build any ports package in the > way that you prefer. > _______________________________________________ > 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" > If you can have it build in a clean chroot or jail then you'll get my attention
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