Adam Weinberger <ad...@adamw.org> writes: Hi Adam,
> Given that most people don't participate and test patches while they're > in review, you have to expect that some bugs will only surface when it > lands in HEAD. This is precisely why we have quarterly branches, and why > we recommend that most people stay on quarterly. For starters, the following is not intended to troll anyone. FLAVORS mechanism seems to be a quite nice tool to improve ports, but the landing in ports/head raises few questions. Is ports/head becoming the alter ego of src/head (possible breakages or disruptive new features from time to time) ? If yes, this should be written down in the handbook (chapter on ports still states ports/head for svn retrieval) and quarterly ports branches should be publicized. I've just switched to 2017Q4 on my main 11-STABLE box by digging in various ports docs after I've read this very post I'm answering to. I thus got rid of ports/head FLAVORS related issues (portmaster is my tool of choice as poudriere seems a bit overkill for my needs). Thanks to all involved. Éric Masson -- Cela m'a même déjà valu quelques discussions animés avec mes paires -+- FC in <http://www.le-gnu.net> : Tête à tête ou tête à queue ? -+- _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
