From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 14 20:17:59 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C5E5106568B for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:17:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 210B38FC21 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:17:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 4267 invoked by uid 399); 14 Sep 2009 20:17:52 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO foreign.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 14 Sep 2009 20:17:52 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4AAEA4E8.2030807@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:17:44 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090822) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alberto Villa References: <200909140157.41331.villa.alberto@gmail.com> <200909141930.51624.villa.alberto@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200909141930.51624.villa.alberto@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 OpenPGP: id=D5B2F0FB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ports@freebsd.org, "Jason J. Hellenthal" Subject: Re: show port commit history in portmaster X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:17:59 -0000 Alberto Villa wrote: >> For two it means that the upgrade always needs to be connected and >> able to connect to the freshports site. > > you need it too when you download distfiles. also, read the next answer A lot of users download all the distfiles first, then use portmaster in "off line" mode. This is why users requested the -F feature. >> Four I don't see why anyone needs the commit info at upgrade time >> because as a part of administration this should be taken care of before >> you decide to upgrade anything. > > no, i didn't mean this should be shown when upgrading: i would add an option, > something like --commit-history. by you as the casual portmaster user, this > change wouldn't even be noted While I certainly appreciate your wanting to include this as part of portmaster my suggestion would be that you polish this up a bit and submit it as its own port. I could easily see why users would like to have this functionality in a convenient form, whether they use portmaster or not. Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection