Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 13:18:05 -0500 From: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, Matt Smith <matt.xtaz@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, Daniil Berendeev <pipfstarrd@openmailbox.org> Subject: Re: The ports collection has some serious issues Message-ID: <3b00e76a-7a97-aa1b-72e9-236161044c3b@m5p.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1612150722250.36773@wonkity.com> References: <c5bc24cc-5293-252b-ddbc-1e94a17ca3a8@openmailbox.org> <20161208085926.GC2691@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1612150722250.36773@wonkity.com>
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On 12/15/16 09:40, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 8 Dec 2016, Matt Smith wrote: > >> On Dec 08 05:16, Daniil Berendeev wrote: >>> >>> Although portmaster is not releated to the FreeBSD project and is an >>> outside tool, there aren't any alternatives from the project itself. So >>> use it or die. Not a nice situation. >> >> People have been trying to get portmaster deprecated and removed from >> the handbook but have met with resistance. > > Well, yes. Because it works, has no dependencies, and there is no > equivalent replacement. [...] Warren, you have hit the nail on the head. -- George
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