Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:48:26 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dropping maintainership of my ports Message-ID: <BANLkTi=npvom9r4QmSvvXnL9ayH8YMutBg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110427125424.GJ34314@home.opsec.eu> References: <20110427014343.GJ38579@comcast.net> <BANLkTim0SBHNaUVhN0X9QvVm2Y_vKOf7EA@mail.gmail.com> <20110427060917.GB73524@comcast.net> <BANLkTinL6V_uTTptLEusv_qT4hsvEDcR0Q@mail.gmail.com> <20110427125424.GJ34314@home.opsec.eu>
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On 27 April 2011 13:54, Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> wrote: > Eitan Adler wrote: >> Things like the gmake upgrade and new ports >> features take a lot of time. =A0Furthermore adding a port seems to be a >> "trivial" task, however the committers have to (a) fix it up if it is >> formatted badly (b) test it in a tinderbox and only then (c) commit >> it. > > I use three boxes (for 8.1 i386, amd64 and 9-current amd64) to > test. I do not use a tinderbox, as I assume considerable complexity > to set one up. Nah, have a look at [1]. Easy as pie. > Does using a tinderbox make a large difference ? Yes! It finds hiccups in pkg-plist (very difficult to notice manually), it tests in different versions -- just add them to the queue. If you'd really like to try it out, I'll give you an account on my machine. Let me know. Chris [1] http://tinderbox.marcuscom.com/README/
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