On 02/16/17 06:08, Luca Pizzamiglio wrote: > Hi all, > > portmaster, a tool used/loved/hated, is almost in abandoned state. > I'm a portmaster user, because, in some cases, it fits my needs. > In other cases, I use other tools, like poudriere or synth, that are > really great. > I don't want to open a discussion here about what it's better, but the > truth is, that I use portmaster and it's not maintained. > So I decided to spend some time to look at it and to work on it. > > I forked it and I start some work. > The plan is: > - remove obsolete features, like the -PP option > - remove pkg_* support (even if someone could be against it), forcing > the usage of pkg > - prepare the support of new features like FLAVORS and subpackages > - adding a new ports, called portmaster-devel, for the new version > > I did a branch on github working of the first two points > (https://github.com/pizzamig/portmaster/tree/remove_oldpkg) > > I'm looking for constructive critics, feedbacks, anything that can > help me to make portmaster an actively maintained and used tool. > > Thanks in advance > > Best regards, > pizzamig > [...] Thank you! poudriere regularly runs out of resources on my ten year old machine, and I've been disinclined to try synth so far (though I guess it may come to that soon). Up to now, portmaster has worked fine for me (bearing in mind I have a machine dedicated to ports building and the world doesn't end if I break it and have to clean up and start over again on occasion). -- George
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