Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 09:19:26 -0500 From: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> To: Luca Pizzamiglio <luca.pizzamiglio@gmail.com>, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The future of portmaster Message-ID: <07e68b6f-2779-a177-8c7a-14265d9b3d18@m5p.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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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --tpCP047ODlOMkf0tB001tm0P4DDlNhNMP Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="juAuAMxWaaKA1U1sNa41u2qUS6KlifbJQ"; protected-headers="v1" From: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> To: Luca Pizzamiglio <luca.pizzamiglio@gmail.com>, ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <07e68b6f-2779-a177-8c7a-14265d9b3d18@m5p.com> Subject: Re: The future of portmaster References: <CAB88xy_RU5TTE=pcsjCWsxWyU-jP91qzD9S-R1v6GKGHJg2=nQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAB88xy_RU5TTE=pcsjCWsxWyU-jP91qzD9S-R1v6GKGHJg2=nQ@mail.gmail.com> --juAuAMxWaaKA1U1sNa41u2qUS6KlifbJQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 02/16/17 06:08, Luca Pizzamiglio wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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 >=20 > I did a branch on github working of the first two points > (https://github.com/pizzamig/portmaster/tree/remove_oldpkg) >=20 > I'm looking for constructive critics, feedbacks, anything that can > help me to make portmaster an actively maintained and used tool. >=20 > Thanks in advance >=20 > Best regards, > pizzamig > [...] Thank you! poudriere regularly runs out of resources on my ten year old machine, and I've been disinclined to try synth so far (though I guess it may come to that soon). Up to now, portmaster has worked fine for me (bearing in mind I have a machine dedicated to ports building and the world doesn't end if I break it and have to clean up and start over again on occasion). -- George --juAuAMxWaaKA1U1sNa41u2qUS6KlifbJQ-- --tpCP047ODlOMkf0tB001tm0P4DDlNhNMP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEENdM4ZHktsJW5kKZXwRES3m+p4fkFAliltO8ACgkQwRES3m+p 4flclA/+OywRIF1m3bcq4/rgm/elh+9hmfcVpdOVJI6KLP+0AEZyaLmBYTm8C9y7 QP2bPZ1IjpGMrzRYOqwaCsTPhnWxZqRjr76HmlODrlmDFXa+/Zj4nvFNKBPCbhYc Fw5ZUM7i3Z3tpgx5v8kEViWQVDq6h2HdjaBoLUzrCnEh0fNxWzO3bsiFgBG4DMwF vHh2iHAPjP/lzfJ6TlFkAs6A26Qy+dwf3scL240jDvHpLG6PGTOyy8LEIJgfX6f9 5YbrXJhLur2mpOQLN/aNy6tzizD0+CNTXFff2CenjkOVZQ/3Q2w70V3QQdtZimIl TDW+03Hys6XC1jziAokMvaojfoWRDnN8HftEtzUQFDQXyEAUd+0gFDNIUv9Eute/ ows8VqYhj0eLGSrfuEIHqtjnKB/P2837iQBuSr3K+IetdvNWPei/PTvAUdx2r2tn KBOudXMU7o+tbHPb2oPJmtRlciNzQEN6e4JasryjCX8mmZal5iRgbDub7kFAp+8D xQEbfVj3HNxK/g3H5cRYBKtya4n3wM5T8njavXOx+noLpRkVJ4uPkuRROyoraT7t yqVSgbHO/RaA4rrnx6rgXRkKQo6SbmRuFPxOrQQ+MIOxl517fYpzDQgjvIxj1P4Y 2J+yjj8gMP6yULWw5GwmRBrLDjKCdd92iCmfTWrY3MoUKL2hwsE= =Zr2V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tpCP047ODlOMkf0tB001tm0P4DDlNhNMP--
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