Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2020 21:01:21 +0100 From: Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> To: LuMiWa <lumiwa@dismail.de> Cc: Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: portsnap Message-ID: <CADqw_g%2BJDv4veisPghWpy0vr4ZQknYrvBpOptGNG4_R9B5OG7g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20201226140417.04225f3e@dismail.de> References: <20201226124150.7c494410@dismail.de> <6d0d128b-9a75-34f4-830c-d8be05ded9cb@freebsd.org> <20201226140417.04225f3e@dismail.de>
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On Sat, Dec 26, 2020, 20:04 LuMiWa via freebsd-ports < freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Sat, 26 Dec 2020 19:51:37 +0100 > Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > Am 26.12.20 um 18:41 schrieb LuMiWa via freebsd-ports: > > > Hi! > > > > > > Today I red again an email: > > > > > > Subject: [HEADS UP] Planned deprecation of portsnap > > > From: Steve Wills <swills () FreeBSD ! org> > > > Date: 2020-08-04 18:43:20 > > > > > > And as portsnap user I have a question: Do they planning > > > deprecation of portmaster too? > > > > No, I'm actively working on portmaster and have rewritten it from > > scratch for better performance (and additional features, e.g. building > > in a clean chroot jail, similar to synth or poudriere). > > > > I have been using that version for more than one year, but the > > functionality is not complete, yet. > > > > On a test system with > 2200 installed ports it takes less than 10 > > seconds to identify the ~600 out-of-date ports (that I keep in this > > state for testing of the upgrade strategy function), which is more > > than 30 times faster than the same operation with the "official" > > portmaster. > > > > Until completion of that version, I'll continue to maintain and > > update the current portmaster port ... > > > > Regards, STefan > > > > ...and I will continue to use portmaster. But I don't understand why > we should no keep portsnap. > IIRC, there was an email a while ago announcing the discontinuation of portsnap and explaining the reasoning behind this move. Regards Michael > -- > =E2=80=9CWaiter! A cup of coffee without cream, please! > I=E2=80=99m sorry, sir, we have no cream, only milk, so can it be a coffe= e > without milk?=E2=80=9D > > =E2=80=95 Ernst Lubitsch=E2=80=99s Ninotchka > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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