From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 13 15:42:46 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4619D16A41A for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:42:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stevenkreuzer@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp104.plus.mail.re1.yahoo.com (smtp104.plus.mail.re1.yahoo.com [69.147.102.67]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B55AA13C458 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:42:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stevenkreuzer@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 16613 invoked from network); 13 Dec 2007 15:42:44 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Cc:Message-Id:From:To:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Mime-Version:Subject:Date:References:X-Mailer; b=PBWcnl/ofu8sLpNPrMV5DWt8kUgIxHkawJOQQ8SOK9RquvYxcuWdP6gNzganCOVvoEyTBHabp3EirYpgTBOmrTS+S7i3AkhDaOYZ28LTAuxkRkQ3+z5XpAgf0sVPZ6LB2ch1keMkojMoIim48HbxvnWAw4a6auSD1FIrP1RvmqE= ; Received: from unknown (HELO malpractice.parkave.corp.yahoo.com) (stevenkreuzer@208.71.40.10 with plain) by smtp104.plus.mail.re1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Dec 2007 15:42:44 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: XgYvldEVM1m6Jy_N5Fh76PRK7akNUPCZhcQQOZCf2Abi7_hPXImfvdn6qrJ.xl7CDs.EMSxatkkZflwIYoV6K2Ti Message-Id: <0F330142-A3CA-4E6E-84BD-FDE55A8E3AEE@yahoo.com> From: Steven Kreuzer To: Ade Lovett In-Reply-To: <19341C6C-BF3A-4DFD-B8DF-87F4E92B0335@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:42:43 -0500 References: <475F7390.9090509@gmail.com> <1022BEDA-8641-4686-AB1A-3FE2D688F47F@FreeBSD.org> <475FAC1F.1010401@gmail.com> <19341C6C-BF3A-4DFD-B8DF-87F4E92B0335@FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Limitations of Ports System X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:42:46 -0000 This thread was called "results of ports re-engineering survey" but I figured I would start a new thread. On Dec 12, 2007, at 6:45 AM, Ade Lovett wrote: > > > We *know* it can be done better. We *know* the scaling limits of > the current system, and most of us are completely amazed it even > still works. > > If y'all want to make a difference, concepts and ideas we have > plenty of. Code talks. Out of curiosity, are any of these shortcomings documented anywhere? I have been using ports on my home machine for a long time and I've never had any problems with it. I assume the issues come into play when you work with multiple systems you are trying to keep in sync, etc. I would be interested in reading about some of the limitations people have run into when using ports. -- Steven Kreuzer http://www.exit2shell.com/~skreuzer