On Sat, Dec 26, 2020, 20:04 LuMiWa via freebsd-ports < freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Dec 2020 19:51:37 +0100 > Stefan Esser <s...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > Am 26.12.20 um 18:41 schrieb LuMiWa via freebsd-ports: > > > Hi! > > > > > > Today I red again an email: > > > > > > Subject: [HEADS UP] Planned deprecation of portsnap > > > From: Steve Wills <swills () FreeBSD ! org> > > > Date: 2020-08-04 18:43:20 > > > > > > And as portsnap user I have a question: Do they planning > > > deprecation of portmaster too? > > > > No, I'm actively working on portmaster and have rewritten it from > > scratch for better performance (and additional features, e.g. building > > in a clean chroot jail, similar to synth or poudriere). > > > > I have been using that version for more than one year, but the > > functionality is not complete, yet. > > > > On a test system with > 2200 installed ports it takes less than 10 > > seconds to identify the ~600 out-of-date ports (that I keep in this > > state for testing of the upgrade strategy function), which is more > > than 30 times faster than the same operation with the "official" > > portmaster. > > > > Until completion of that version, I'll continue to maintain and > > update the current portmaster port ... > > > > Regards, STefan > > > > ...and I will continue to use portmaster. But I don't understand why > we should no keep portsnap. > IIRC, there was an email a while ago announcing the discontinuation of portsnap and explaining the reasoning behind this move. Regards Michael > -- > “Waiter! A cup of coffee without cream, please! > I’m sorry, sir, we have no cream, only milk, so can it be a coffee > without milk?” > > ― Ernst Lubitsch’s Ninotchka > _______________________________________________ > 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" > _______________________________________________ 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"
