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Date:      Fri, 6 Oct 2017 15:34:58 +0200
From:      Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
To:        George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Getting off topic (Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc)
Message-ID:  <20171006133458.p4neunzmu3mqypa2@ivaldir.net>
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On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 01:28:59PM +0000, George Mitchell wrote:
> 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 docs
> >>>>> 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.
> >>> (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
>=20

Thank you,

I will be more than happy to merge patches in
https://github.com/freebsd/portmaster which makes it handle flavors

Best regards,
Bapt

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