From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 7 18:27:19 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B76616A426 for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2005 18:27:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd2mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D3D743DF0 for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2005 17:56:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd5mr6so.prod.shaw.ca (pd5mr6so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.182]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IKV0013H5HURLE0@l-daemon> for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 11:49:06 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml4so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.148]) by pd5mr6so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IKV007W25HUYXI0@pd5mr6so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 11:49:06 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.0.60] (S0106006067227a4a.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.209.6]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0IKV0030F5HTJW@l-daemon> for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 11:49:05 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 10:49:04 -0700 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <42F646B9.7020703@samsco.org> To: Scott Long Message-id: <42F64990.4090005@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en References: <42F47C0D.2020704@freebsd.org> <20050806092232.GA850@zaphod.nitro.dk> <42F489DC.1080400@freebsd.org> <20050807115927.GA851@zaphod.nitro.dk> <20050807173003.GA7290@soaustin.net> <42F646B9.7020703@samsco.org> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050724) Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: /usr/portsnap vs. /var/db/portsnap X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 18:27:19 -0000 Scott Long wrote: > I think that portsnap is a very good feature and I'm ready to tout it > for the 6.0 release. The technical problems, such as they are, are > pretty insignificant and are just about solved. Umm... *shuffles feet*... I wasn't planning on having portsnap in the base system for FreeBSD 6.0. I'd rather give it a couple of months to settle in and MFC it before FreeBSD 5.5 and FreeBSD 6.1. People can always install it from the ports tree until then. Unless you really want an insta-MFC in the middle of a release freeze, of course... Colin Percival