Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 12:22:30 +0100 From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc Message-ID: <1809004.bypIp25Zg3@curlew.lan> In-Reply-To: <59D546FD.30906@gmail.com> References: <20171004161649.GA51883@mail.michaelwlucas.com> <59D546FD.30906@gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 04 Oct 2017 16:39:25 Ernie Luzar wrote: > Here's my take on that. > > The future direction has already been decided by the FreeBSD leaders 2 > years ago with their development of a better pkg system. > > The package system with flavors will cover 90% of the user community > needs. The remaining user's requirements are edge cases. Tools like > portmaster and portupgrad and even the native ports system usage on > personal machines will fad away. The ports system will mature into the > development system in the path to get things into the package system. Well I suppose I fall into the remaining 10% of the user community so here's my two cents worth. I rely almost entirely on installing binary packages but I need to run php71 for compatibility with a website I maintain. I also need phpMyAdmin but need to build this from ports because the currently available package is built against php56. Using poudriere for this one task would be equivalent to using a steamroller to crack a peanut. Building phpMyAdmin from ports is no great problem for me and perhaps future development of pkg might avoid the need to build my own version but I'd hope that documented methods will continue to exist for users with this type of need. -- Mike Clarke
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