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Subject: Re: Status of synth following expulsion of John Marino?
From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org>
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> On 15 Feb, 2017, at 2:26, Thomas Mueller <mueller6722@twc.com> wrote:
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> Expulsion of John Marino was a shocker to me, caught me by surprise.
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> Now my question is what is the status of synth?
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> Should I switch from portmaster to synth?
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> If synth is deprecated or dropped, after I switch from portmaster to =
synth, then I have to switch back, and this would be a monster mess of =
extra work.
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> Not to be inflammatory here, just want to know where I/we stand and =
don't want to go too far off course updating my ports.

I don't recommend portmaster for anybody. It's unmaintained, it already =
causes headaches on upgrades, and even though it works now, it is =
unlikely to keep working as the ports tree evolves.

You should switch to poudriere or Synth. Poudriere is what most of the =
committers use, and it's what all the builder machines use. It's simple =
to set up, and is the reference ports tool. Synth is a great builder =
too, and AFAIK John is still very actively developing it.

# Adam


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Adam Weinberger
adamw@adamw.org
https://www.adamw.org