portmgr
portmgr
issues
scalability
# architectures
# ports
# branches
testing resources
human
pointyhat cluster
tinderbox
undocumented cluster software
communication src/ports people
users: failing upgrades
mega updates
non-standard configurations
QA only on clean installs
QA compile time only
committers
recruiting qualified ones
low # active plus long tail
interest to work on infrastructure
administration
new committers
conflict resolution
policy
supported branches
what can be committed and when
appointed by core
charter
oversight
pointyhat
QA ports
public tinderbox
QAT
regression testing
single ports
ports infrastructure
HEAD ports building
HEAD stress testing
release engineering
binary packages
strategy
expectations
What do people think ports should do?
What do people perceive is wrong with ports?
proposals
embedded
new architectures
subset builds
cross builds
improvement of binary upgrades
rethink package set data structure
INDEX (www vs packages/)
more frequent package updates on mirror
mirroring update time
building time
multilevel ports tree
branched ports tree
license framework
signed packages
capabilities
staged building
