Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 11:03:34 -0700 From: Chris <portmaster@bsdforge.com> To: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: When will git be supported for ports? Message-ID: <08eb32f6fb033f8590a6f2b181436119@bsdforge.com>
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Hi all, Maintainer for some ~160 ports, and attempting to fix some bugs. But as I understand it 'git' is supposed to be the new source of truth. While I know svn by heart. I have near zero understanding of git, or for that matter, why anyone would rather use it. That said; as I try to discover the new procedures for maintaining ports under git. I see there isn't anything in the porters-handbook regarding the acquisition of the ports tree in order to get started. Shouldn't this be at the very beginning of the ports doc? The closest thing I could find was a reference to a link: #ports-using/ in the Handbook. Which doesn't exist. It *should* throw a 404. But was cleverly masked, and simply returns the front page. This is a terrible idea. As the doc maintainers will never know they need to make corrections, and new users with a new interest in FreeBSD will become frustrated and turn away. Maintainers, like me, utilizing what little time they have to spare will also become frustrated and likely find that they now only have the time to discover where the actual information is. With no more time to actually *fix* the port they sought to. While I realize this should probably be sent to docs@ I'm not on the list, and because this is ports related. I hope it finds value here as well. Thanks for listening. --Chris
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