Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2021 00:35:57 +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: <b40299a0-f8b6-e84a-f37c-5a972e55015f@madpilot.net> In-Reply-To: <YGeJxftHiYncV8B2@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>
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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. -- Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>
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