On 10/06/17 04:20, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 08:13:42AM +0000, Steve Kargl wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 09:41:28AM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 05:15:18PM +0000, Steve Kargl wrote: >>>> On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 12:16:49PM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Poudriere really needs its own small book. Yes, you can do simple >>>>> poudriere installs, but once you start covering it properly the docs >>>>> quickly expand. My notes alone are longer than my af3e chapter >>>>> limits. (I'll probably publish "FreeBSD Packaging Misery^WMastery" in >>>>> 2018). >>>> >>>> Please include a discussion on how to use poudriere on >>>> a system with limited resouces (e.g., 10 GB of free >>>> diskspace and less than 1 GB free memory). I know >>>> portmaster works well [1] within an environment with >>>> only 4 GB free diskspace and 1 GB memory. >>>> >>>> [1] portmaster worked well prior to portmgr's decision >>>> to displace simple small tools in favor of a sledge >>>> hammer. >>> >>> FUD.. portmgr never took any decision like this. >>> The problem with portmaster (beside some design flows regarding >>> the "not build in a clean room") is that it is not maintained anymore. >>> (Note that it has never been maintained by portmgr at all). >> >> I'm well aware of Doug Barton's history with FreeBSD. You >> can paint it with whatever color you want. >> >> If you (and other poudriere) contributors stated that flavors/subpackages >> would not be supported by poudriere, would flavors/subpackages been >> wedged into the ports build infrastructure? > > Yes because if you look at mailing lists etc, you ould have figured out that > this is the number one feature requested in the ports tree for years. > > Also yes we would have make sure that the tools used to build official > packages > would have worked with it, prior poudriere it was tinderbox. > > And again we are giving time (and warning in advance) for all the tools to > catch > up! > > Best regards, > Bapt > Speaking solely for myself, I am more than pleased by all the work Baptiste and fellow developers have put into the ports infrastructure. THANK YOU! But also, portmaster is a life saver for me with my 4GB build machine, so I hope I can participate in reviving it. -- George
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