From owner-svn-ports-head@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 15 08:23:16 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7060A870; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:23:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shepard.synsport.net (mail.synsport.com [208.69.230.148]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 416BC28D6; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:23:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.22] (unknown [130.255.19.191]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by shepard.synsport.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE93143B9B; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 03:22:54 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <53EDC34D.70007@marino.st> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 10:22:37 +0200 From: John Marino Reply-To: marino@freebsd.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Carlo Strub , marino@freebsd.org Subject: Re: quarterly branches and transition to post-pkg_* [was: svn commit: r364739 - in head: . sysutils sysu [...] References: <53EDA67E.7090206@marino.st> <53ea6d76.6eb9.5599e7c9@svn.freebsd.org> <53EA6EBB.2010802@marino.st> <53EA7155.4060606@FreeBSD.org> <53EA7416.5080008@marino.st> <88E432AA-8DC7-4C8A-B530-C75AF32952AF@adamw.org> <20140813074515.GB16368@FreeBSD.org> <53EB19F9.4040803@marino.st> <1408090620.414581.688603339.133023.2@c-st.net> In-Reply-To: <1408090620.414581.688603339.133023.2@c-st.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, danfe@FreeBSD.org, bdrewery@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:23:16 -0000 On 8/15/2014 10:17, Carlo Strub wrote: >> >> Should I re-post this in developers@? Or does everyone think >> providing an outlet for those that can't adjust to pkg_* tools >> removal by 1 Sept is unnecessary? >> > > I agree on one thing with the poster: it would be nice to have > portsnap doing also quarterly branches. Apart from that, I think the > current set-up is very good and, honestly, patching a quarterly > branch is easy (for those who don't know yet, please use the script > in Tools). If your key has a passphrase like mine does, you have to enter it a variable number of times (depending on number of files touched) and that variables from 5+. It's a pain. Better to have a script than not at all, but I can't believe there's not a much better near-automated way to backport changes. FYI, for pkgsrc, individual commiters don't do this. They make a request and a dedicated (small) team handles the backport. Nobody touches a quarterly except for them. John