From owner-svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Wed Jan 27 00:19:15 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF906A46974; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:19:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bdrewery@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3E741D5E; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:19:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bdrewery@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.xzibition.com (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC4571076; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:19:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bdrewery@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.xzibition.com (localhost [172.31.3.2]) by mail.xzibition.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75C2E1BE51; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:19:14 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mail.xzibition.com Received: from mail.xzibition.com ([172.31.3.2]) by mail.xzibition.com (mail.xzibition.com [172.31.3.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with LMTP id fC_f4uLpW1Rw; Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:19:11 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: svn commit: r407270 - head/ports-mgmt/portmaster DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.9.2 mail.xzibition.com 653DB1BE4C To: John Marino , ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org References: <201601261123.u0QBNcvL091258@repo.freebsd.org> From: Bryan Drewery Openpgp: id=F9173CB2C3AAEA7A5C8A1F0935D771BB6E4697CF; url=http://www.shatow.net/bryan/bryan2.asc Organization: FreeBSD Message-ID: <56A80CFF.7070900@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:19:11 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <201601261123.u0QBNcvL091258@repo.freebsd.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7TnuAhOCh1aI6Tx9guBCd2mpwebXs56Uv" X-BeenThere: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 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: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:19:15 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --7TnuAhOCh1aI6Tx9guBCd2mpwebXs56Uv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 1/26/2016 3:23 AM, John Marino wrote: > Author: marino > Date: Tue Jan 26 11:23:38 2016 > New Revision: 407270 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/407270 >=20 > Log: > ports-mgmt/portmaster: DEPRECATE without expiration date > =20 > The portmaster script hasn't had an official maintainer in 9 months a= nd 2 > years before that it was only patched in reaction to changes in the p= orts > framework. There are many unclaimed PRs in the bugzilla database, ma= ny > known bugs, and several areas where portmaster no longer aligns with = how > ports work today. The problem isn't simply getting a maintainer; tha= t > person has to be a ports framework expert and it appears that the peo= ple > with these qualifications don't want anything to do with this port. > =20 > Moreover, there are better options available. All FreeBSD platforms > support ports-mgmt/poudriere (although some many struggle under the l= oad) > and the most common amd64 and i386 platform users have the additional= > option of ports-mgmt/synth which is user-friendly, lightweight, and a= imed > at users of portmaster, portupgrade, and even poudriere. > =20 > Unless something drastic regarding portmaster occurs, it's nearing it= s > natural EOL, so it's users should evaluate alternatives and try to > migrate off of it. >=20 > Modified: > head/ports-mgmt/portmaster/Makefile >=20 > Modified: head/ports-mgmt/portmaster/Makefile > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D > --- head/ports-mgmt/portmaster/Makefile Tue Jan 26 10:20:14 2016 (r4072= 69) > +++ head/ports-mgmt/portmaster/Makefile Tue Jan 26 11:23:38 2016 (r4072= 70) > @@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ PLIST_FILES=3D sbin/portmaster \ > BASH_PLIST_FILES=3D etc/bash_completion.d/portmaster.sh > ZSH_PLIST_FILES=3D share/zsh/site-functions/_portmaster > =20 > +.include > + > +DEPRECATED=3D Unmaintained and does not fully support modern ports fra= mework. > +.if ${ARCH} =3D=3D i386 || ${ARCH} =3D=3D amd64 > +DEPRECATED+=3D Please consider migrating to ports-mgmt/synth or\ > + ports-mgmt/poudriere. > +.else > +DEPRECATED+=3D Please consider migrating to ports-mgmt/poudriere. > +.endif > + > verify: checksum > =20 > do-build: >=20 I think this needs community discussion. 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