Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 07:42:22 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingox@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The ports collection has some serious issues Message-ID: <CAJ_iqtYNLyeTWeQxckxmOoswAEaQYpkkUA20_ERkg0BaSnohgw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20161216054202.GC75755@server.rulingia.com> References: <c5bc24cc-5293-252b-ddbc-1e94a17ca3a8@openmailbox.org> <20161208085926.GC2691@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1612150722250.36773@wonkity.com> <3b00e76a-7a97-aa1b-72e9-236161044c3b@m5p.com> <20161215183122.GG5268@pol-server.leissner.se> <20161216054202.GC75755@server.rulingia.com>
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On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com> wrote: > On 2016-Dec-15 19:31:22 +0100, list-freebsd-ports@jyborn.se wrote: >>On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 01:18:05PM -0500, George Mitchell wrote: > >>(But portupgrade could at times be an utter mess, >>I never looked back after switching to portmaster >>many years ago.) > > Likewise, portupgrade would explode and shower my system with bits of > corrupt database to often for comfort. At least part of that was caused > by portupgrade depending on quite a few other ports and getting confused > when it updated things whilst it was using them. > FWIW, I'm a happy portupgrade user. Yes - sometimes it breaks, but it is quite rare, and I am able to fix the breakage when it happens. So for me it is "good enough". >>And I'm not at all interested in running poudriere >>or synth, thank you. > > Interestingly, the most vocal proponent of deleting portmaster and > portupgrade is the author/maintainer of synch. I won't say "never". But I feel that both package builders (poudriere, synth) need some more time to shake out more issues / bugs and get into a better shape first. This isn't based on any specific problems or bugs, more a "felleing2 based on people's feedback in the forums and on mailing lists. If I was interested in package builders, I would spend some time helping to test them. Since my interests related to FreeBSD is on other things / tools / whatever, I spend my "FreeBSD time" on those other things instead. HTH -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen
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