Re: git: c5f5a82112 - main - FAQ: Update bits about getting a ports tree

Mathieu Arnold <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:24:00 +0200

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On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 01:28:08PM +0200, Mateusz Piotrowski wrote:
> On 19/04/2021 12:48, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 10:08:27AM +0000, Mateusz Piotrowski wrote:
> > > The branch main has been updated by 0mp:
> > > 
> > > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=c5f5a82112f0de78da06ae73c19e4c99d4bb3111
> > > 
> > > commit c5f5a82112f0de78da06ae73c19e4c99d4bb3111
> > > Author:     Mateusz Piotrowski <[email protected]>
> > > AuthorDate: 2021-04-19 10:00:11 +0000
> > > Commit:     Mateusz Piotrowski <[email protected]>
> > > CommitDate: 2021-04-19 10:00:11 +0000
> > > 
> > >      FAQ: Update bits about getting a ports tree
> > >      - Link to the portsnap manual
> > >      - Replace Subversion with Git
> > Might want to provide other means to get the ports tree than portsnap,
> > it is not really supported any more, say, gitup for example.
> 
> Good point overall but isn't portsnap being brought back at the moment?

Mmmm, this is a separate issue, portsnap may work, it is just not a
supported way to get the ports tree.

> Also, ideally, we'd just rewrite that FAQ entry to just point to appropriate handbook chapters.

Probably, yes.

-- 
Mathieu Arnold

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