From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Mon Aug 10 14:21:41 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@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 05E533A49DB for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:21:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swills@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BQJ786Szmz4Lc4 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:21:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swills@FreeBSD.org) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id DE0883A484C; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:21:40 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: ports@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 DDD373A43D7 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:21:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swills@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mouf.net (mouf.net [IPv6:2607:fc50:0:4400:216:3eff:fe69:33b3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mouf.net", Issuer "mouf.net" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BQJ784G2gz4Lj3 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:21:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swills@FreeBSD.org) Received: from lrrr.mouf.net (cpe-76-182-16-135.nc.res.rr.com [76.182.16.135]) (authenticated bits=0) by mouf.net (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id 07AELPbq037022 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:21:31 GMT (envelope-from swills@FreeBSD.org) Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] Planned deprecation of portsnap To: Lars Engels Cc: "ports@FreeBSD.org" References: <20200810132835.GN24022@e.0x20.net> From: Steve Wills Message-ID: <87e338e4-d1bf-d26f-d60d-8ac55ae25b70@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:21:21 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.11.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20200810132835.GN24022@e.0x20.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (mouf.net [199.48.129.64]); Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:21:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=4.5 tests=KHOP_HELO_FCRDNS, NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on mouf.net X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.99.2 at mouf.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BQJ784G2gz4Lj3 X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.00 / 15.00]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36236, ipnet:2607:fc50::/36, country:US]; local_wl_from(0.00)[FreeBSD.org] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:21:41 -0000 Hi, On 8/10/20 9:28 AM, Lars Engels wrote: > On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 02:43:20PM -0400, Steve Wills wrote: > > I'm probably fine with this and I think that all of the (now) supported > methods have pros and cons. > To leverage the UX flaws of git and svn(lite) compared to portsnap > having a wrapper script around the two tools would be very appreciated. > > Something like > > # portsnap-ng --mode git --branch 2020Q2 --destination /ports/2020Q2 fetch extract > The package devel/git does not seem to be installed, do you want to install it? (Y/n) _ > > With sane defaults, so you can just run portsnap fetch extract like > you're used to and this > downloads the latest ports tree to /usr/ports using base svnlite(1). > > While we're here: Can we please have a separate user that is used to > checkout the tree? > > Lars > > > P.S.: Please DO NOT name the wrapper portsnap-ng. :-) > I think something like this will likely in many ways perpetuate many of the problems I listed in my original email, particularly with folks being on the wrong branch and not properly generating patches. Steve