Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 09:08:32 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 255323] handbook: Discourage use of portsnap, document gitup Message-ID: <bug-255323-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=255323 Bug ID: 255323 Summary: handbook: Discourage use of portsnap, document gitup Product: Documentation Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Keywords: needs-patch Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: Documentation Assignee: doc@FreeBSD.org Reporter: 0mp@FreeBSD.org CC: portmgr@FreeBSD.org portmgr suggests that we update the documentation so that it discourages the use of portsnap. As a substitute, we can document how to use gitup. The reasoning behind discouraging the use of portsnap is: portsnap is fragile, portmgr has had absolutely no success in having things evolved for years, and while it was great in the old CVS times where networks were flacky, and CVS was hard to use, there has been better alternatives, with svn, there was svnup, and with git, there is gitup. Both use the repository directly, and don't require a third party middleware. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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