svn commit: r407270 - head/ports-mgmt/portmaster

[Bryan Drewery]

On 1/26/2016 3:23 AM, John Marino wrote:
> Author: marino
> Date: Tue Jan 26 11:23:38 2016
> New Revision: 407270
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/407270
> 
> Log:
>   ports-mgmt/portmaster: DEPRECATE without expiration date
>   
>   The portmaster script hasn't had an official maintainer in 9 months and 2
>   years before that it was only patched in reaction to changes in the ports
>   framework.  There are many unclaimed PRs in the bugzilla database, many
>   known bugs, and several areas where portmaster no longer aligns with how
>   ports work today.  The problem isn't simply getting a maintainer; that
>   person has to be a ports framework expert and it appears that the people
>   with these qualifications don't want anything to do with this port.
>   
>   Moreover, there are better options available.  All FreeBSD platforms
>   support ports-mgmt/poudriere (although some many struggle under the load)
>   and the most common amd64 and i386 platform users have the additional
>   option of ports-mgmt/synth which is user-friendly, lightweight, and aimed
>   at users of portmaster, portupgrade, and even poudriere.
>   
>   Unless something drastic regarding portmaster occurs, it's nearing its
>   natural EOL, so it's users should evaluate alternatives and try to
>   migrate off of it.
> 
> Modified:
>   head/ports-mgmt/portmaster/Makefile
> 
> Modified: head/ports-mgmt/portmaster/Makefile
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/ports-mgmt/portmaster/Makefile	Tue Jan 26 10:20:14 2016	(r407269)
> +++ head/ports-mgmt/portmaster/Makefile	Tue Jan 26 11:23:38 2016	(r407270)
> @@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ PLIST_FILES=	sbin/portmaster \
>  BASH_PLIST_FILES=	etc/bash_completion.d/portmaster.sh
>  ZSH_PLIST_FILES=	share/zsh/site-functions/_portmaster
>  
> +.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
> +
> +DEPRECATED=	Unmaintained and does not fully support modern ports framework.
> +.if ${ARCH} == i386 || ${ARCH} == amd64
> +DEPRECATED+=	Please consider migrating to ports-mgmt/synth or\
> +		ports-mgmt/poudriere.
> +.else
> +DEPRECATED+=	Please consider migrating to ports-mgmt/poudriere.
> +.endif
> +
>  verify: checksum
>  
>  do-build:
> 

I think this needs community discussion. Many people have said privately
it bothered them.

-- 
Regards,
Bryan Drewery

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