From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 20 23:09:05 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07961106566B for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:09:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) Received: from raven.customer.vol.cz (raven.customer.vol.cz [195.250.144.108]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 655158FC1A for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:09:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [192.168.0.23] (rb5dg130.net.upc.cz [89.176.238.130]) (authenticated bits=0) by raven.customer.vol.cz (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m2KN91aJ097926; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:09:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) From: Pav Lucistnik To: Kris Kennaway In-Reply-To: <47E2EA72.8000309@FreeBSD.org> References: <47E2EA72.8000309@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-6tUQLbSy9H4Bfyialdzk" Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:09:01 +0100 Message-Id: <1206054541.83260.50.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Spam-Score: -7.803 () AWL,BAYES_00,MIME_QP_LONG_LINE X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 195.250.144.108 Cc: Doug Barton , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Utility for safe updating of ports in base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pav@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:09:05 -0000 --=-6tUQLbSy9H4Bfyialdzk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Kris Kennaway p=ED=B9e v =E8t 20. 03. 2008 v 23:51 +0100: > > A user pointed out to me that on the project ideas page the following=20 > > entry remains: > >=20 > > Write a new utility for the pkg_install suite, possibly named=20 > > pkg_upgrade(1), implementing a subset of existing portupgrade=20 > > functionality. The required functionality is: >=20 > FWIW, I have no idea why this is on the project list. I suspect it was=20 > added by someone without any consensus that it's a good idea. That was me, a year ago. > We have several upgrade tools in ports, and that is where they belong.=20 > Any effort should be spent on improving existing tools, unless you can=20 > make a really good case why they are fundamentally flawed and need to be=20 > rewritten from scratch, discarding all of the previous work on them. Since then portmaster matured, so we might think about removing the item from Ideas list. I can't agree with you that the upgrading utilities have to stay in ports. I'd very much like to see one of them be present in the base. --=20 Pav Lucistnik 25 And the Lord spoke unto the Angel that guarded the eastern gate, saying, Where is the flaming sword which was given unto thee? 26 And the Angel said, I had here only a moment ago, I must have put it down some where, forget my own head next. 27 And the Lord did not ask him again. --=-6tUQLbSy9H4Bfyialdzk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Toto je =?UTF-8?Q?digit=C3=A1ln=C4=9B?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_podepsan=E1?= =?UTF-8?Q?_=C4=8D=C3=A1st?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_zpr=E1vy?= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkfi7o0ACgkQntdYP8FOsoLxEQCeKkQPI6DGSRMcHauvHJi+zdvj skQAoJor0dktEo6ZtOlgrZ+bWB4DDK1P =RgmB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-6tUQLbSy9H4Bfyialdzk--