Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2017 18:56:02 +0000 From: emilia@disroot.org To: "Adam Weinberger" <adamw@adamw.org>, "Eric Masson" <emss@free.fr> Cc: "Christian Ullrich" <chris@chrullrich.net>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: poudriere, python ports, and flavors oh my? Message-ID: <2ed653fdee4c28a9eba6a7723ab5f2ea@disroot.org> In-Reply-To: <F1CB0880-810A-4F4F-BA86-055A36605D48@adamw.org> References: <F1CB0880-810A-4F4F-BA86-055A36605D48@adamw.org> <20171201175750.GA32973@vash.rhavenn.local> <57e06cb3-d4f5-3a7f-062a-619f536d8dc1@chrullrich.net> <85CBAED9-E816-461E-A409-43C4EC335BAC@adamw.org> <86lgikq6ov.fsf@newsrv.interne.associated-bears.org>
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> I had no idea that the handbook was still directing people straight to = HEAD. You're absolutely=0A> right, that should be changed. Unfortunately,= directing people to an SVN path is difficult, because=0A> the SVN URL ch= anges every 3 months, and switching an SVN branch from one path to anothe= r isn't=0A> completely trivial.=0A> =0A> For binary package users, new in= stalls always default to installing packages from quarterly, but we=0A> c= ould do more to urge port builders toward quarterly branches too.=0A=0AHe= y, I have been using portsnap to update my ports tree and had no idea tha= t quarterly releases of=0Athe ports tree exist.=0A=0AMaybe portsnap could= be adapted to use the quarterly release and have that enabled per defaul= t on=0Athe -RELEASE branch?=0A(I do not see any mention of branches in th= e portsnap manpage, on 11.1-RELEASE)
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