Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:51:09 +0200 From: Karel Miklav <karel@lovetemple.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Utility for safe updating of ports in base system Message-ID: <4625A3BD.9070409@lovetemple.net> In-Reply-To: <d4499580704171543x755cfeebn96797cb501fc2d64@mail.gmail.com> References: <4625128B.6020403@baesystems.com> <d4499580704171543x755cfeebn96797cb501fc2d64@mail.gmail.com>
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Robert Backhaus wrote: > On 4/18/07, Adam Stroud <adam.p.stroud@baesystems.com> wrote: The > current consensus is that portmaster, which is a collection of sh > scripts, should be further developed and eventually committed to the > base system. > > The developer of portmaster is one of those who does not really like > that idea. What are the reasons for having it in the base or not? Portmaster is very easy and quick to install. Maybe there could be a fake portmaster script in the base for installing or updating the real one, but this is very close to bikeshedding.
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