Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:50:20 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports cvs deprecation warning Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301100947360.7850@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxg=MWoMVN14AfQNdwN_6i0ww9T-erCuCohVACYoT9R2y3Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301100852060.5140@wonkity.com> <CAF6rxg=MWoMVN14AfQNdwN_6i0ww9T-erCuCohVACYoT9R2y3Q@mail.gmail.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --3512871622-371252055-1357836620=:7850 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Thu, 10 Jan 2013, Eitan Adler wrote: > On 10 January 2013 10:55, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >> Given the upcoming cvs deprecation in a little over a month, how about >> putting a reminder in /usr/ports/UPDATING now? > > +1 please do that now. > > We should also send a message to announce@. Quite a few people are not > aware of the pending removal of CVS services. > >> Mention that cvs mirrors will be going away and point to the portsnap and >> svn update methods shown in the Handbook: >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html Here's a first pass: Index: ports/UPDATING =================================================================== --- ports/UPDATING (revision 310189) +++ ports/UPDATING (working copy) @@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20130110: + AFFECTS: everyone using csup(1) or net/cvsup to update the ports tree + AUTHOR: wblock@FreeBSD.org + + The CVSup service is being phased out as of February 28, 2013. Please + switch to one of the alternate update methods of portsnap(8) or + devel/subversion before that time. See the Handbook for more + information: + http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html + 20130108: AFFECTS: users of devel/libvanessa_socket, mail/perdition AUTHOR: jhale@FreeBSD.org --3512871622-371252055-1357836620=:7850 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name=UPDATING.diff Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301100950200.7850@wonkity.com> Content-Description: Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=UPDATING.diff SW5kZXg6IHBvcnRzL1VQREFUSU5HDQo9PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09 PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09PT09 DQotLS0gcG9ydHMvVVBEQVRJTkcJKHJldmlzaW9uIDMxMDE4OSkNCisrKyBw b3J0cy9VUERBVElORwkod29ya2luZyBjb3B5KQ0KQEAgLTUsNiArNSwxNiBA QA0KIFlvdSBzaG91bGQgZ2V0IGludG8gdGhlIGhhYml0IG9mIGNoZWNraW5n IHRoaXMgZmlsZSBmb3IgY2hhbmdlcyBlYWNoIHRpbWUNCiB5b3UgdXBkYXRl IHlvdXIgcG9ydHMgY29sbGVjdGlvbiwgYmVmb3JlIGF0dGVtcHRpbmcgYW55 IHBvcnQgdXBncmFkZXMuDQogDQorMjAxMzAxMTA6DQorICBBRkZFQ1RTOiBl dmVyeW9uZSB1c2luZyBjc3VwKDEpIG9yIG5ldC9jdnN1cCB0byB1cGRhdGUg dGhlIHBvcnRzIHRyZWUNCisgIEFVVEhPUjogd2Jsb2NrQEZyZWVCU0Qub3Jn DQorDQorICBUaGUgQ1ZTdXAgc2VydmljZSBpcyBiZWluZyBwaGFzZWQgb3V0 IGFzIG9mIEZlYnJ1YXJ5IDI4LCAyMDEzLiAgUGxlYXNlDQorICBzd2l0Y2gg dG8gb25lIG9mIHRoZSBhbHRlcm5hdGUgdXBkYXRlIG1ldGhvZHMgb2YgcG9y dHNuYXAoOCkgb3INCisgIGRldmVsL3N1YnZlcnNpb24gYmVmb3JlIHRoYXQg dGltZS4gIFNlZSB0aGUgSGFuZGJvb2sgZm9yIG1vcmUNCisgIGluZm9ybWF0 aW9uOg0KKyAgaHR0cDovL3d3dy5mcmVlYnNkLm9yZy9kb2MvZW5fVVMuSVNP ODg1OS0xL2Jvb2tzL2hhbmRib29rL3BvcnRzLXVzaW5nLmh0bWwNCisNCiAy MDEzMDEwODoNCiAgIEFGRkVDVFM6IHVzZXJzIG9mIGRldmVsL2xpYnZhbmVz c2Ffc29ja2V0LCBtYWlsL3BlcmRpdGlvbg0KICAgQVVUSE9SOiBqaGFsZUBG cmVlQlNELm9yZw0K --3512871622-371252055-1357836620=:7850--
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