On 06/23/17 10:26, demelier.da...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, 2017-06-22 at 11:57 -0700, Dave Hayes wrote:
Would you agree that release branches would be unnecessary if
somehow
you could select the version of node that the ports tree builds via
some
(as yet unspecified) mechanism?
I've also think about that but I'm not sure if it's easier than having
frozen release branches.
I usually stay away from this kind of threads, but I'd like to point out
a very simple concept that has not been expressed.
The ports tree repository is fully open source, available via subversion
from the FreeBSD project and also mirrored on github. There is
absolutely nothing stopping you(and anyone with time, skill and
willingness to help you) from starting your fork from whichever source
and using whatever tool you prefer, creating the branches you're describing.
If your model works fine I'm quite sure the FreeBSD community and
project will be quite happy to embrace it.
As stated, the FreeBSD project (core, portmgr and committers) perceive a
manpower problem in relation to implementing what you describe. In this
thread it has been stated that such a manpower problem does not really
exist. I cannot think of a better way to show there actually is no
manpower problem than creating a working example of such a workflow
maintained by just a few people with little effort, as you said repeatedly.
On other hand demanding and/or insisting that others implement your idea
when they clearly disagree with you is not very constructive.
In relation to the suggestion of a stable or release ports branch:
I'd also like a ports branch where things are merged only when really
needed, some kind of "stable" branch. I don't like the release way you
describe, but maybe it could actually work as an option, but I too see
the manpower problem. An actual working proof of concept like I
described above is the only thing that would persuade me I'm wrong about
that.
(I could try to help with such an experiment but I don't know how much
time I could really spare for it)
--
Guido Falsi <madpi...@freebsd.org>
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