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Date:      Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:04:17 -0500
From:      LuMiWa <lumiwa@dismail.de>
To:        Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: portsnap
Message-ID:  <20201226140417.04225f3e@dismail.de>
In-Reply-To: <6d0d128b-9a75-34f4-830c-d8be05ded9cb@freebsd.org>
References:  <20201226124150.7c494410@dismail.de> <6d0d128b-9a75-34f4-830c-d8be05ded9cb@freebsd.org>

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On Sat, 26 Dec 2020 19:51:37 +0100
Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Am 26.12.20 um 18:41 schrieb LuMiWa via freebsd-ports:
> > Hi!
> >=20
> > Today I red again an email:
> >=20
> > Subject:    [HEADS UP] Planned deprecation of portsnap
> > From:       Steve Wills <swills () FreeBSD ! org>
> > Date:       2020-08-04 18:43:20
> >=20
> > And as portsnap user I have a question: Do they planning
> > deprecation of portmaster too?
>=20
> No, I'm actively working on portmaster and have rewritten it from
> scratch for better performance (and additional features, e.g. building
> in a clean chroot jail, similar to synth or poudriere).
>=20
> I have been using that version for more than one year, but the
> functionality is not complete, yet.
>=20
> On a test system with > 2200 installed ports it takes less than 10
> seconds to identify the ~600 out-of-date ports (that I keep in this
> state for testing of the upgrade strategy function), which is more
> than 30 times faster than the same operation with the "official"
> portmaster.
>=20
> Until completion of that version, I'll continue to maintain and
> update the current portmaster port ...
>=20
> Regards, STefan
>=20

...and I will continue to use portmaster. But I don't understand why
we should no keep portsnap.

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