Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2021 02:05:45 +0200 From: Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> To: The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> Cc: Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org>, Dewayne Geraghty <dewayne@heuristicsystems.com.au>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No update for a day on ports? Message-ID: <25d29e77-57a1-9562-6e24-0468c3a5e063@madpilot.net> In-Reply-To: <YGeqQNkuI9dIljiH@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> References: <20210401082247.668e4394@zeta.dino.sk> <YGV0EvmP3Hkk5543@mail.bsd4all.net> <3b7de439-12a1-70a4-7aec-8b2a9fde38ba@heuristicsystems.com.au> <YGa/xOJ9IpqWe1Im@home.opsec.eu> <YGcfquiZ6Z9O9Lhr@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> <405a8bca-33e9-77ca-14d9-80761ac505cc@madpilot.net> <YGeJxftHiYncV8B2@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> <b40299a0-f8b6-e84a-f37c-5a972e55015f@madpilot.net> <YGeqQNkuI9dIljiH@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca>
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On 03/04/21 01:35, The Doctor wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 12:35:57AM +0200, Guido Falsi wrote: >> On 02/04/21 23:16, The Doctor via freebsd-ports wrote: >>> On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 04:45:00PM +0200, Guido Falsi via freebsd-ports wrote: >>>> On 02/04/21 15:44, The Doctor via freebsd-ports wrote: >>>>> On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 08:55:00AM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote: >>>>>> Hi! >>>>>> >>>>>>> As a minor aside, has anyone stated the reason why the user-base of base >>>>>>> or ports are moving to git? >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://github.com/bsdimp/freebsd-git-docs/blob/main/git-why.md >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Then the question is : Moving forward, how do we update >>>>> the ports? >>>>> >>>> >>>> The same questions keep being asked even if replied to multiple times. >>>> >>>> you can use git with the official git repo (once it will be available, >>>> migration is still in progress), or reference a mirror on github or >>>> gitlab. Some documentation about how to do this is available at [1]. >>>> >>>> If I understand correctly documentation will also be added to the >>>> handbook once migration is done. >>>> >>>> Git is a little complicated but a lot of documentation is available on >>>> the internet. search engines are you friends. >>>> >>>> If you only want to keep /usr/ports updated the easiest tool to achieve >>>> that is gitup available in ports at net/gitup. >>>> >>>> I reiterate, migration is still in progress, the latest available >>>> snapshot of the ports tree (at present read only) is via subversion. >>>> once migration is done the official git repo and mirrors will be available. >>>> >>>> There isn't much more to be sail until the migration is done. >>>> >>> >>> Git is ready, >>> >>> but I use pkg/portsnap . >>> >>> How does that affect us? >> >> AFAIK you can't use it anymore. Use gitup. It's almost a drop-in >> replacement. >> > > How do we use gitup in this scenario? What scenario? Please install gitup and read it's man page, it's straight forward. -- Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>
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