Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:53:07 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of Portmanager Message-ID: <20130114105307.56792965@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20130114071118.GC77852@server.rulingia.com> References: <20130112120748.61c8e103@gumby.homeunix.com> <50F187DC.2070804@FreeBSD.org> <20130113160213.6f10a863@gumby.homeunix.com> <50F2DE24.7040706@FreeBSD.org> <20130113192542.74d9f55b@gumby.homeunix.com> <20130114071118.GC77852@server.rulingia.com>
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:11:18 +1100 Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2013-Jan-13 19:25:42 +0000, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > >Aside from pkgng what changes do do you think it needs? > > Without pkgng support, how will portmanager interrogate the system to > determine what ports are installed and/or need updating? I'm not saying it shouldn't be deleted when it doesn't work, I'm saying that its removal is far too early. It's deprecation and removal should have been aligned with the package tools so that people could see it coming. If you deliberately set out to minimise the chances of portmanager's survival this is the optimal way of doing it.
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