portsnap

[Michael Schuster]

On Sat, Dec 26, 2020, 20:04 LuMiWa via freebsd-ports <
freebsd-ports at freebsd.org> wrote:

> 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 seconds to identify the ~600 out-of-date ports (that I keep in this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.
>

IIRC, there was an email a while ago announcing the discontinuation of
portsnap and explaining the reasoning behind this move.

Regards
Michael


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