From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 12 10:09:59 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 6C596106566B; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:09:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B36CB8FC08; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:09:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkcjc3 with SMTP id jc3so1869711bkc.13 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:09:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=bWle2yyco6FXwg10O0V6B2qbb5PuUWFGT6Zjp7kXLqI=; b=NXeOAHZDjT6RTpDu2p4grKsMWsCCcOLFTz3Ih74P1XLRqiAsIFOtx4+B0qSka3IL7L DPPID+MtRNapCzZAwWWhjVu17YEQRncUKKu79SMkn1g8hzEwJPYyYK5s0hvpovXfOhzr 7utdjUZMICcPoiWc8WeJ/Lm5fiwmEhYVyTAfdpzR0/h5gWZXohVzs8kSdIcRz9Dc4MNE XBxKDVRM6cynQtvtXblglT/stoQQReEOdie5EdyC1zxzPkUXTw3U9rwxCjX0JAAMJs+m HsEFs61ETlvQ9ghQahSB4X7g1ERw4nh12VMCzH79u+zb7f48M9F8ELAKBhkBjTKrB7cT 60rg== Received: by 10.204.128.65 with SMTP id j1mr557223bks.74.1334225397721; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:09:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: utisoft@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.202.142 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:09:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4F86A87D.7030309@FreeBSD.org> References: <4F863615.80203@shatow.net> <4F864EEE.4010508@p6m7g8.com> <4F869CD2.2040702@onetel.com> <4F86A87D.7030309@FreeBSD.org> From: Chris Rees Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:09:27 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Gs3ZOXLijS252tTY5Z_D3nycago Message-ID: To: Matthew Seaman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Chris Whitehouse 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 10:09:59 -0000 On 12 April 2012 10:03, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 12/04/2012 10:57, Chris Rees wrote: >>> I'm only a lurker and lowly user but could I humbly request that portma= nager >>> > is brought back into use? It's simple to use and does what it does ex= tremely >>> > well and without fuss. I think the fact that it still "just works" af= ter all >>> > this time is a mark of it's worth. > >> Unfortunately, many of us do not find that it 'just works'. =A0There is >> no-one to ask for support, so people resort to asking ports@ or in >> IRC. >> >> It is also unmaintained, and has many bugs against it: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?text=3Dportupgrade > > > He said *portmanager* =A0There aren't any open PRs against portmanager an= d > it has a maintainer. Ouch, sorry -- got confused with the plethora of portupgrade threads I'm in at the moment :/ Chris, I did misread your email-- portmanager appears absolutely fine, and is in no danger of removal :) Chris