Limitations of Ports System

[Warren Block]

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Steven Kreuzer wrote:

> This thread was called "results of ports re-engineering survey" but I figured 
> I would start a new thread.

Rightly so.

> On Dec 12, 2007, at 6:45 AM, Ade Lovett wrote:
>> 
>> We *know* it can be done better.  We *know* the scaling limits of the 
>> current system, and most of us are completely amazed it even still works.
>> 
>> If y'all want to make a difference, concepts and ideas we have plenty of. 
>> Code talks.
>
> Out of curiosity, are any of these shortcomings documented anywhere? I have 
> been using ports on my home machine for a long time and I've never
> had any problems with it. I assume the issues come into play when you work 
> with multiple systems you are trying to keep in sync, etc.
>
> I would be interested in reading about some of the limitations people have 
> run into when using ports.

Notable with the new modular Xorg is the speed of changes 
(install/deinstall/clean) when there are a lot of ports installed. 
Before modular xorg, 400 ports installed was a lot.  700 now is not 
surprising.

Some profiling looking for areas which could benefit from speed 
optimization would be useful.  That may have already been done but not 
publicized.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA