Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2017 09:47:20 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> To: Eric Masson <emss@free.fr> Cc: Christian Ullrich <chris@chrullrich.net>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: poudriere, python ports, and flavors oh my? Message-ID: <F1CB0880-810A-4F4F-BA86-055A36605D48@adamw.org> In-Reply-To: <86lgikq6ov.fsf@newsrv.interne.associated-bears.org> References: <20171201175750.GA32973@vash.rhavenn.local> <57e06cb3-d4f5-3a7f-062a-619f536d8dc1@chrullrich.net> <85CBAED9-E816-461E-A409-43C4EC335BAC@adamw.org> <86lgikq6ov.fsf@newsrv.interne.associated-bears.org>
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> On 3 Dec, 2017, at 6:31, Eric Masson <emss@free.fr> wrote: >=20 > Is ports/head becoming the alter ego of src/head (possible breakages = or > disruptive new features from time to time) ? Categorically, yes, though major breakages are rare. Situations like = this, where a major new feature gets introduced and the FreeBSD = developers and community hunt down problems and solve them, is strictly = the role of HEAD. While of course we can make no *guarantees* in either = branch, ports-secteam works very hard to inspect everything that gets = merged to quarterly. > If yes, this should be written down in the handbook (chapter on ports > still states ports/head for svn retrieval) and quarterly ports = branches > should be publicized. I had no idea that the handbook was still directing people straight to = HEAD. You're absolutely right, that should be changed. Unfortunately, = directing people to an SVN path is difficult, because the SVN URL = changes every 3 months, and switching an SVN branch from one path to = another isn't completely trivial. For binary package users, new installs always default to installing = packages from quarterly, but we could do more to urge port builders = toward quarterly branches too. # Adam --=20 Adam Weinberger adamw@adamw.org https://www.adamw.org
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