portsnap

[LuMiWa]

On Sat, 26 Dec 2020 19:51:37 +0100
Stefan Esser <se at freebsd.org> wrote:

> Am 26.12.20 um 18:41 schrieb LuMiWa via freebsd-ports:
> > 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?
> 
> No, I'm actively working on portmaster and have rewritten it from
> scratch for better performance (and additional features, e.g. building
> in a clean chroot jail, similar to synth or poudriere).
> 
> I have been using that version for more than one year, but the
> functionality is not complete, yet.
> 
> On a test system with > 2200 installed ports it takes less than 10
> seconds to identify the ~600 out-of-date ports (that I keep in this
> state for testing of the upgrade strategy function), which is more
> than 30 times faster than the same operation with the "official"
> portmaster.
> 
> Until completion of that version, I'll continue to maintain and
> update the current portmaster port ...
> 
> Regards, STefan
> 

...and I will continue to use portmaster. But I don't understand why
we should no keep portsnap.

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