From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Jan 10 19:54:56 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38B804D78F5 for ; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 19:54:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lumiwa@dismail.de) Received: from mx1.dismail.de (mx1.dismail.de [78.46.223.134]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA512 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mx1.dismail.de", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DDSH32Ypnz3MZ4 for ; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 19:54:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lumiwa@dismail.de) Received: from mx1.dismail.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.dismail.de (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 471d37a7; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:54:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp1.dismail.de ( [10.240.26.11]) by mx1.dismail.de (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 2e5ed481; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:54:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp1.dismail.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.dismail.de (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id ab6e4f65; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:54:52 +0100 (CET) Received: by dismail.de (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id 64fd3747 (TLSv1.3:AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256:NO); Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:54:51 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:54:49 -0500 From: LuMiWa To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Polytropon Subject: Re: github ports Message-ID: <20210110145449.194954b7@dismail.de> In-Reply-To: <20210110202429.c889dee5.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20210110133605.6538dfd5@dismail.de> <20210110202429.c889dee5.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.8 (GTK+ 2.24.33; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DDSH32Ypnz3MZ4 X-Spamd-Bar: ------ X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.70 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[dismail.de:s=20190914]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:78.46.223.134]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_DKIM_ARC_DNSWL_MED(-0.50)[]; DWL_DNSWL_MED(-2.00)[dismail.de:dkim]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[dismail.de:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[dismail.de,reject]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[78.46.223.134:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:24940, ipnet:78.46.0.0/15, country:DE]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 19:54:56 -0000 On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:24:29 +0100 Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:14:58 -0600, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > Just for my education: is there any advantage in using git > > like that instead of portsnap? >=20 > From my limited understanding: >=20 > With portsnap, you get a snapshot, while a git update will > always provide you with the most recent tree (compare the > use of "freebsd-update" regarding the /usr/src tree vs. the > use of former SVN checkout). The snapshot has a certain > "delay" compared to the most recent version. >=20 > Except... to use git, you'll have to install it, while you > can use portsnap (and freebsd-update) from base. :-) >=20 >=20 >=20 I like prtsnap and is okay for me but I did read that portsnap will be deprecated and this is the reason to switch to git. To everyone: Thank you very much for the help. --=20 =E2=80=9CDon=E2=80=99t think money does everything or you are going to end = up doing everything for money.=E2=80=9D -Voltaire