On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 04:45:00PM +0200, Guido Falsi via freebsd-ports wrote: > On 02/04/21 15:44, The Doctor via freebsd-ports wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 08:55:00AM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >>> As a minor aside, has anyone stated the reason why the user-base of base > >>> or ports are moving to git? > >> > >> Yes: > >> > >> https://github.com/bsdimp/freebsd-git-docs/blob/main/git-why.md > >> > > > > Then the question is : Moving forward, how do we update > > the ports? > > > > The same questions keep being asked even if replied to multiple times. > > you can use git with the official git repo (once it will be available, > migration is still in progress), or reference a mirror on github or > gitlab. Some documentation about how to do this is available at [1]. > > If I understand correctly documentation will also be added to the > handbook once migration is done. > > Git is a little complicated but a lot of documentation is available on > the internet. search engines are you friends. > > If you only want to keep /usr/ports updated the easiest tool to achieve > that is gitup available in ports at net/gitup. > > I reiterate, migration is still in progress, the latest available > snapshot of the ports tree (at present read only) is via subversion. > once migration is done the official git repo and mirrors will be available. > > There isn't much more to be sail until the migration is done. >
Git is ready, but I use pkg/portsnap . How does that affect us? > > [1] https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/committers-guide/#git-primer > > -- > Guido Falsi <m...@madpilot.net> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Yahweh, Queen & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism https://www.empire.kred/ROOTNK?t=94a1f39b If they can dehumanize the most innocent, they can dehumanize anyone. -unknown _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
