Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2017 11:17:18 -0400 From: Stari Karp <starikarp@yandex.com> To: Jim Ohlstein <jim@mailman-hosting.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The future of portmaster [and of ports-mgmt/synth] Message-ID: <1496416638.48606.1.camel@yandex.com> In-Reply-To: <1496399049.1994.10.camel@mailman-hosting.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> <1496399049.1994.10.camel@mailman-hosting.com>
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On Fri, 2017-06-02 at 06:24 -0400, Jim Ohlstein wrote: > 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. > I did install Dragonfly too and for my needs is very good. I am buying a new ssd drive and I will installed os from scratch. And I knew what happened with John Marino.
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