kern/188433: Retiring portsnap

[David Noel]

>Number:         188433
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Retiring portsnap
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
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>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Apr 10 16:40:00 UTC 2014
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>Originator:     David Noel
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>Description:
With the inclusion of svnlite in 10 the question comes up of whether we really need the portsnap system or whether it could be safely retired.

The reason I see for it to be retired is that subversion allows us to easily and securely check out the ports tree. It’s a one-line command: `svn co https://...`. Keeping it up-to-date it is another one-liner: `cd /usr/ports; svn update`. With the inclusion of svnlite in base, the portsnap code and servers acting as mirrors become redundant and seem like a waste of resources.
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>Fix:
Remove portsnap from base. Retire the portsnap servers or use them for something else.

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