Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:17:44 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Alberto Villa <villa.alberto@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, "Jason J. Hellenthal" <jasonh@dataix.net> Subject: Re: show port commit history in portmaster Message-ID: <4AAEA4E8.2030807@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200909141930.51624.villa.alberto@gmail.com> References: <200909140157.41331.villa.alberto@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909141212410.82767@qvzrafvba.5c.ybpny> <200909141930.51624.villa.alberto@gmail.com>
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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
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