From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Thu Feb 16 14:19:35 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 17FD4CE0F8A for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:19:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from george+freebsd@m5p.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF10E194D for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:19:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from george+freebsd@m5p.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id EE5F8CE0F88; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:19:34 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: 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 EE051CE0F85 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:19:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from george+freebsd@m5p.com) Received: from mailhost.m5p.com (mailhost.m5p.com [IPv6:2001:418:3fd::f7]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B7378194C for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:19:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from george+freebsd@m5p.com) Received: from [IPv6:2001:418:3fd::1f] (haymarket.m5p.com [IPv6:2001:418:3fd::1f]) by mailhost.m5p.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v1GEJRY6086759; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 09:19:32 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from george+freebsd@m5p.com) Subject: Re: The future of portmaster To: Luca Pizzamiglio , ports@freebsd.org References: From: George Mitchell Message-ID: <07e68b6f-2779-a177-8c7a-14265d9b3d18@m5p.com> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 09:19:26 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tpCP047ODlOMkf0tB001tm0P4DDlNhNMP" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=10.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on mattapan.m5p.com X-Greylist: Sender passed SPF test, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.1 (mailhost.m5p.com [IPv6:2001:418:3fd::f7]); Thu, 16 Feb 2017 09:19:33 -0500 (EST) 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: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:19:35 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --tpCP047ODlOMkf0tB001tm0P4DDlNhNMP Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="juAuAMxWaaKA1U1sNa41u2qUS6KlifbJQ"; protected-headers="v1" From: George Mitchell To: Luca Pizzamiglio , ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <07e68b6f-2779-a177-8c7a-14265d9b3d18@m5p.com> Subject: Re: The future of portmaster References: In-Reply-To: --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--