Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:54:16 +0000 (UTC) From: "Helmut Schneider" <jumper99@gmx.de> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Big patches Message-ID: <xn0hi1mmi9ypig001@news.gmane.org> References: <xn0hi0msq2gi3a000@news.gmane.org> <20110818231920.GB3936@lonesome.com> <xn0hi1ji35qeqm000@news.gmane.org> <CADLo839gKKsG3pjTYiCav_RP%2BzwEVVhTfamwt23cUto9woOwUA@mail.gmail.com>
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Chris Rees wrote: > On 19 August 2011 08:55, Helmut Schneider <jumper99@gmx.de> wrote: > > Mark Linimon wrote: > > > >> Sorry, I did not see your message and emailed you separately. > >> > >> GNATS has a spamcatcher for > 500k messages (mostly this catches > >> viruses). Normally I handle such PRs manually before the cleanup > >> process runs, but I forgot to do it this time. (I only took a > >> glance.) > >> > >> Does the plist change dramatically every time the ports are > >> updated? > > > > Yes. > > > >> Is there any way around this if so? Such large changes put stress > >> not only on GNATS (it is, after all, a database), but also on the > >> CVS repository when the updates are committed. > > > > I generated the plist in the past but not very long time ago I was > > told (and let me quote): "generation the plist is not considered a > > good practice" :) > > > > Except when the plist changes dramatically. See Perter's Handbook :) Will the maintainer who proposed me to create a static plist please stand up, please stand up, please stand up? ;)
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