Portupgrade status

Randal L. Schwartz merlyn at stonehenge.com
Mon Dec 27 01:32:06 UTC 2010


>>>>> "Rob" == Rob Farmer <rfarmer at predatorlabs.net> writes:

Rob> Then, the removal of MD5 distinfo broke it and it stayed broken for
Rob> over a week with no indication given that a fix was in the works. On
Rob> the other hand, Doug Barton has been very responsive to issues with
Rob> portmaster and fixed this problem less than 48 hours after it
Rob> appeared. Hence my recommendation to switch.

I switched to portmaster a few months ago after being firmly in the
portupgrade camp, and have not regretted it in the slightest.

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