Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:17:34 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Steven Kreuzer <stevenkreuzer@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Ade Lovett <ade@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Limitations of Ports System Message-ID: <20071213111050.O6078@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <0F330142-A3CA-4E6E-84BD-FDE55A8E3AEE@yahoo.com> References: <475F7390.9090509@gmail.com> <1022BEDA-8641-4686-AB1A-3FE2D688F47F@FreeBSD.org> <475FAC1F.1010401@gmail.com> <19341C6C-BF3A-4DFD-B8DF-87F4E92B0335@FreeBSD.org> <0F330142-A3CA-4E6E-84BD-FDE55A8E3AEE@yahoo.com>
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Steven Kreuzer wrote: > This thread was called "results of ports re-engineering survey" but I figured > I would start a new thread. Rightly so. > On Dec 12, 2007, at 6:45 AM, Ade Lovett wrote: >> >> We *know* it can be done better. We *know* the scaling limits of the >> current system, and most of us are completely amazed it even still works. >> >> If y'all want to make a difference, concepts and ideas we have plenty of. >> Code talks. > > Out of curiosity, are any of these shortcomings documented anywhere? I have > been using ports on my home machine for a long time and I've never > had any problems with it. I assume the issues come into play when you work > with multiple systems you are trying to keep in sync, etc. > > I would be interested in reading about some of the limitations people have > run into when using ports. Notable with the new modular Xorg is the speed of changes (install/deinstall/clean) when there are a lot of ports installed. Before modular xorg, 400 ports installed was a lot. 700 now is not surprising. Some profiling looking for areas which could benefit from speed optimization would be useful. That may have already been done but not publicized. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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