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Date:      Thu, 22 Apr 2021 09:24:20 +1000
From:      Kubilay Kocak <koobs@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org>, Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@freebsd.org>
Cc:        doc-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-doc-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: c5f5a82112 - main - FAQ: Update bits about getting a ports tree
Message-ID:  <6d8a9c8f-4c12-26ab-2d48-0978b95e31b3@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20210419122400.u7h6xzypr243e62m@aching.in.mat.cc>
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On 19/04/2021 10:24 pm, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 01:28:08PM +0200, Mateusz Piotrowski wrote:
>> On 19/04/2021 12:48, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
>>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 10:08:27AM +0000, Mateusz Piotrowski wrote:
>>>> The branch main has been updated by 0mp:
>>>>
>>>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=c5f5a82112f0de78da06ae73c19e4c99d4bb3111
>>>>
>>>> commit c5f5a82112f0de78da06ae73c19e4c99d4bb3111
>>>> Author:     Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
>>>> AuthorDate: 2021-04-19 10:00:11 +0000
>>>> Commit:     Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
>>>> CommitDate: 2021-04-19 10:00:11 +0000
>>>>
>>>>       FAQ: Update bits about getting a ports tree
>>>>       - Link to the portsnap manual
>>>>       - Replace Subversion with Git
>>> Might want to provide other means to get the ports tree than portsnap,
>>> it is not really supported any more, say, gitup for example.
>>
>> Good point overall but isn't portsnap being brought back at the moment?
> 
> Mmmm, this is a separate issue, portsnap may work, it is just not a
> supported way to get the ports tree.

It's not? The community is hearing conflicting information about this.

> 
>> Also, ideally, we'd just rewrite that FAQ entry to just point to appropriate handbook chapters.
> 
> Probably, yes.
> 




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