Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2020 14:11:10 +0200 From: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> To: Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> Cc: "ports@FreeBSD.org" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] Planned deprecation of portsnap Message-ID: <EAF77382-51F3-4A20-AE2A-C23FB9EE9C4B@grem.de> In-Reply-To: <20200806115805.p4h5fyo55jcyiwji@aching.in.mat.cc> References: <20200806115805.p4h5fyo55jcyiwji@aching.in.mat.cc>
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> On 6. Aug 2020, at 13:58, Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFOn Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 12:17:37AM +0200, Michael Gmelin wrote: >>> We welcome any constructive feedback. All input would be heard, and if t= he plans need to be amended, we will come back to you with the amended plan i= n a couple of weeks. This process will take some time and hopefully won't be= too disruptive to anyone's usual workflow. >>=20 >> What will be the process to bootstrap git? >=20 > pkg install git comes to mind. >=20 I obviously meant bootstrapping without relying on binary packages (for mult= iple reasons) >_< E.g., pulling a tarball (from a github mirror or some other place) using =E2= =80=9Cfetch=E2=80=9D to populate an intermediate ports tree to build git/oth= er dependencies. Shouldn=E2=80=99t be hard to do and easy to document. -m
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