Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 20:15:17 +0100 From: Matthieu Volat <mazhe@alkumuna.eu> To: list-freebsd-ports@jyborn.se Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: The ports collection has some serious issues Message-ID: <20161215201517.2e6bcd39@freedom.alkumuna.eu> In-Reply-To: <20161215183122.GG5268@pol-server.leissner.se> References: <c5bc24cc-5293-252b-ddbc-1e94a17ca3a8@openmailbox.org> <20161208085926.GC2691@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1612150722250.36773@wonkity.com> <3b00e76a-7a97-aa1b-72e9-236161044c3b@m5p.com> <20161215183122.GG5268@pol-server.leissner.se>
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--Sig_/jU6g+MDKYSul.WTvqM+pBEO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 15 Dec 2016 19:31:22 +0100 list-freebsd-ports@jyborn.se wrote: > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 01:18:05PM -0500, George Mitchell wrote: > > On 12/15/16 09:40, Warren Block wrote: > > > On Thu, 8 Dec 2016, Matt Smith wrote: > > >=20 > > >> 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. > > >=20 > > > Well, yes. Because it works, has no dependencies, and there is no > > > equivalent replacement. [...] > >=20 > > Warren, you have hit the nail on the head. -- George >=20 > +1 >=20 > I never have problems with portmaster. > (But portupgrade could at times be an utter mess, > I never looked back after switching to portmaster > many years ago.) >=20 > And I'm not at all interested in running poudriere > or synth, thank you. >=20 It seems that if people happy with portmaster keep silent, others will assu= me it's okay to try to dismiss it; so here am I, happy with portmaster. I could switch to something else that is feature wise similar; but if it wo= uld not written in some quasi-obselete/niche/hipster programing language or= involve admin/config tasks like creating repos. Until a challenger appears, I'm just going to use and recommend portmaster. Happy bsding everybody -- Matthieu --Sig_/jU6g+MDKYSul.WTvqM+pBEO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EARECAB0WIQTxuiqPSkQnzRDOjsP4Q0N5gpmLfgUCWFLrxQAKCRD4Q0N5gpmL fgl4AJ0f07zAhazYqmjezPxgBGPXMSA+kQCfXCRElGCekkJDNDx3aTgGCtTPtrU= =Nxn7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/jU6g+MDKYSul.WTvqM+pBEO--
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