From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Fri Jun 2 10:24:14 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39E81BF454F for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2017 10:24:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jim@mailman-hosting.com) Received: from maurice.jlkmail.com (maurice.jlkmail.com [IPv6:2604:4500:6:2a6:ec4:7aff:feb5:1bb2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F1A87826DB for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2017 10:24:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jim@mailman-hosting.com) Received: from maurice.jlkmail.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by maurice.jlkmail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52B0519401EE for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2017 06:24:12 -0400 (EDT) Authentication-Results: maurice.jlkmail.com (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (1024-bit key) reason="pass (just generated, assumed good)" header.d=mailman-hosting.com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d= mailman-hosting.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :x-mailer:content-type:content-type:references:in-reply-to:date :date:to:from:from:subject:subject:message-id; s=dkim; t= 1496399051; x=1497263052; bh=FMYGr8PgtWmnPuEzDER+UcuaYS4jlbAekJs JZmFWjeM=; b=FcvKTY+gXpT6cHx/W9YIUHOnBjJELHmGEyIWzpRI0JxwSGD7Hc8 +mh8UVr1T2q1Gxbz5n4eoPOp5+3zOV2qi0G2RskiKFNaA/z5uNOSbULjxvL+dXTY xm2olu29NWRayVpHK2o9/0tA38+6ZUMm5NCsL9oXSz3mqE6EyhRuzdYk= X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at maurice.jlkmail.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 4.296 X-Spam-Level: **** X-Spam-Status: No, score=4.296 tagged_above=-9999 required=6.31 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1, RAZOR2_CF_RANGE_51_100=0.365, RAZOR2_CF_RANGE_E8_51_100=2.43, RAZOR2_CHECK=2.5, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001] autolearn=no autolearn_force=no Received: from maurice.jlkmail.com ([127.0.0.1]) by maurice.jlkmail.com (maurice.jlkmail.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id nWwI7s-BAirt for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2017 06:24:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from yertle.fios-router.home (static-70-104-198-154.nrflva.fios.verizon.net [70.104.198.154]) by maurice.jlkmail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EAB1E18806A0; Fri, 2 Jun 2017 06:24:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <1496399049.1994.10.camel@mailman-hosting.com> Subject: Re: The future of portmaster [and of ports-mgmt/synth] From: Jim Ohlstein To: Stari Karp , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2017 06:24:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1496398252.20031.1.camel@yandex.com> References: <589B133C-0175-4DD2-8847-5A3E0E697B36@dsl-only.net> <20170530200629.GA10517@lonesome.com> <20170530215306.GB11098@lonesome.com> <9499F327-172A-4E04-B446-05EE5F08CC51@adamw.org> <1496398252.20031.1.camel@yandex.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.18.5.2-0ubuntu3.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2017 10:24:14 -0000 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/