Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2017 06:24:09 -0400 From: Jim Ohlstein <jim@mailman-hosting.com> To: Stari Karp <starikarp@yandex.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The future of portmaster [and of ports-mgmt/synth] Message-ID: <1496399049.1994.10.camel@mailman-hosting.com> In-Reply-To: <1496398252.20031.1.camel@yandex.com> References: <589B133C-0175-4DD2-8847-5A3E0E697B36@dsl-only.net> <20170530200629.GA10517@lonesome.com> <b0af0ae5-74fc-b932-5d4a-3697c5d3e666@intersonic.se> <20170530215306.GB11098@lonesome.com> <CAN6yY1stP9iFs5in-J4VGqLP88p_CEcykerDNePxm9490GiG4w@mail.gmail.com> <d8ba380d-50e7-c110-d3e4-d12c718c7144@intersonic.se> <9499F327-172A-4E04-B446-05EE5F08CC51@adamw.org> <1496398252.20031.1.camel@yandex.com>
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On Fri, 2017-06-02 at 06:10 -0400, Stari Karp wrote: > Looks like the new portmaster is coming but what is about Synth? I am > the user of Synth and I like to know what the FreeBSD leaders > decided, > please. > The "FreeBSD leaders," in their infinite wisdom, decided to can John Marino. Synth development will likely go on, geared towards Dragonfly. Whether it will support future FreeBSD ports enhancements is anyone's guess. Whether gcc6-aux will ever be fixed for 12-CURRENT and 64 bit inodes is also anyone's guess. Sadly, it is/ was the best option for users looking to migrate to a "modern" tool for whom poudriere was too much. -- Jim Ohlstein Professional Mailman Hosting https://mailman-hosting.com/
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