portsnap

[Kevin Oberman]

On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 9:42 AM LuMiWa via freebsd-ports <
freebsd-ports at freebsd.org> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Today I red again an email:
>
> Subject:    [HEADS UP] Planned deprecation of portsnap
> From:       Steve Wills <swills () FreeBSD ! org>
> Date:       2020-08-04 18:43:20
>
> And as portsnap user I have a question: Do they planning deprecation of
> portmaster too?
>
> Thank you.
> --
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> I’m sorry, sir, we have no cream, only milk, so can it be a coffee
> without milk?”
>
> ― Ernst Lubitsch’s Ninotchka


I'm confused. other than dealing with ports, I don't see any relation. One
is a tool to update the ports tree on a system and the other is a tool to
install or update installed ports, regardless of how the tree was updated.
There are other non-deprecated ports that will continue to  perform both
functions.
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