quarterly branches and transition to post-pkg_* [was: svn commit: r364739 - in head: . sysutils sysu [...]

[John Marino]

On 8/15/2014 10:17, Carlo Strub wrote:

>> 
>> Should I re-post this in developers@? Or does everyone think
>> providing an outlet for those that can't adjust to pkg_* tools
>> removal by 1 Sept is unnecessary?
>> 
> 
> I agree on one thing with the poster: it would be nice to have
> portsnap doing also quarterly branches. Apart from that, I think the
> current set-up is very good and, honestly, patching a quarterly
> branch is easy (for those who don't know yet, please use the script
> in Tools).


If your key has a passphrase like mine does, you have to enter it a
variable number of times (depending on number of files touched) and that
variables from 5+.

It's a pain.  Better to have a script than not at all, but I can't
believe there's not a much better near-automated way to backport changes.

FYI, for pkgsrc, individual commiters don't do this.  They make a
request and a dedicated (small) team handles the backport.  Nobody
touches a quarterly except for them.

John