Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:41:48 +0100 From: Dima Pasechnik <dimpase+freebsd@gmail.com> To: Steve Wills <swills@freebsd.org> Cc: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>, "ports@FreeBSD.org" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] Planned deprecation of portsnap Message-ID: <CAAWYfq3A6ejrrrknducY2XdcU=QxU6ePeRYvcDiUFgXtAiyncA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <87e338e4-d1bf-d26f-d60d-8ac55ae25b70@FreeBSD.org> References: <b920d0e6-72d3-b37c-e57e-6d027292e8db@FreeBSD.org> <20200810132835.GN24022@e.0x20.net> <87e338e4-d1bf-d26f-d60d-8ac55ae25b70@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 3:21 PM Steve Wills <swills@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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. This seems to be an orthogonal issue. IMHO workflows to fix/update code which do not use a VCS are totally outdated. There should be no patches to fix things, but (git - if your VCS is git) branches. Then all these problems of "being on a wrong branch" are not there. Dima > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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