svn commit: r251886 - in head: contrib/apr contrib/apr-util contrib/serf contrib/sqlite3 contrib/subversion share/mk usr.bin usr.bin/svn usr.bin/svn/lib usr.bin/svn/lib/libapr usr.bin/svn/lib/libap...
Warner Losh
imp at bsdimp.com
Wed Jun 19 23:10:05 UTC 2013
On Jun 19, 2013, at 4:49 PM, David Chisnall wrote:
> On 19 Jun 2013, at 16:13, John Baldwin <jhb at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
>> portsnap does not work for src. (I thought we had already covered that
>> in earlier threads?) portsnap only moves forward. It is a very important
>> feature for our users that whatever tool they use for source updating be
>> bidirectional. In particular it is very common practice to use a bisect
>> operation to isolate changes responsible for regressions.
>
> Freebsd-update can manage the src tree. I'm not entirely clear on what use-case we are addressing here. Is it:
>
> - FreeBSD developers, who are probably okay with installing a port, but would prefer a version that didn't depend on kitchen/sink?
>
> - Users, who wish to be able to update the source tree and then either build world, or build some optional parts that are not part of the default install?
>
> - Some other category of svn consumer?
>
> I think having a definitive statement as to the intention of svnlite would help frame the discussion in a more productive format.
How do I roll back to last week with FreeBSD-update?
Warner
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