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Date:      Fri, 6 Oct 2017 09:28:59 -0400
From:      George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Getting off topic (Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc)
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From: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com>
To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
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Subject: Getting off topic (Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc)
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On 10/06/17 04:20, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 08:13:42AM +0000, Steve Kargl wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 09:41:28AM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>>> On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 05:15:18PM +0000, Steve Kargl wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 12:16:49PM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Poudriere really needs its own small book. Yes, you can do simple
>>>>> poudriere installs, but once you start covering it properly the doc=
s
>>>>> quickly expand. My notes alone are longer than my af3e chapter
>>>>> limits. (I'll probably publish "FreeBSD Packaging Misery^WMastery" =
in
>>>>> 2018).
>>>>
>>>> Please include a discussion on how to use poudriere on
>>>> a system with limited resouces (e.g., 10 GB of free
>>>> diskspace and less than 1 GB free memory).  I know
>>>> portmaster works well [1] within an environment with
>>>> only 4 GB free diskspace and 1 GB memory.
>>>>
>>>> [1] portmaster worked well prior to portmgr's decision
>>>> to displace simple small tools in favor of a sledge
>>>> hammer.
>>>
>>> FUD.. portmgr never took any decision like this.
>>> The problem with portmaster (beside some design flows regarding
>>> the "not build in a clean room") is that it is not maintained anymore=
=2E
>>> (Note that it has never been maintained by portmgr at all).
>>
>> I'm well aware of Doug Barton's history with FreeBSD.  You
>> can paint it with whatever color you want.
>>
>> If you (and other poudriere) contributors stated that flavors/subpacka=
ges
>> would not be supported by poudriere, would flavors/subpackages been
>> wedged into the ports build infrastructure?
>=20
> Yes because if you look at mailing lists etc, you ould have figured out=
 that
> this is the number one feature requested in the ports tree for years.
>=20
> Also yes we would have make sure that the tools used to build official =
packages
> would have worked with it, prior poudriere it was tinderbox.
>=20
> And again we are giving time (and warning in advance) for all the tools=
 to catch
> up!
>=20
> Best regards,
> Bapt
>=20
Speaking solely for myself, I am more than pleased by all the work
Baptiste and fellow developers have put into the ports infrastructure.
THANK YOU!  But also, portmaster is a life saver for me with my 4GB
build machine, so I hope I can participate in reviving it.  -- George


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