What’s in the pipeline, how it works, how it’s made…
Cydex suggested this one. Visit this commit and look at the the links to Makefile, distinfo, and pkg-plist. They each now contain a bookmark (e.g. #rev1.44). In addition, and something you may not have noticed, the icon to the left of the File name contains a link to the annotated version of that file revision. […]
Better links into CVS Read More »
On August 9, Mark Linimon was talking about having users rank ports. The goal being to approximate a list of ‘key’ ports. I suggested allowing people to nominate their top N ports. And only N. They can change their selection at any time. It would be like a vote or poll, but you get to
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PostgreSQL is my database of choice. Any who has worked with commercial databases will find more in common with PostgreSQL than any other open source database. I moved to PostgreSQL for the transactions, the stored procecdures, and the relational integrity Sure, other databases have begun to catch up, but they still don’t have the polish
Python, PostgreSQL, and LISTEN Read More »
Last night I discovered a caching bug related to vuxml processing. I fixed it. Today I realized the same issue affects processing of MOVED and UPDATING. Coded both of them today as well. Anyone got a MOVED or UPDATING commit just waiting to happen? ;) Ideally, I’d be able to find somewhere in the database
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Today I discovered and fixed two problems with VUXML processing. The cronjob that processed VUXML changes was commented out. The last time it had run was July 9th. Uncommenting the entry fixed that issue. The VUXML processing did not clear the cache. I wrote and testing that code just now. It’ll run in BETA for
I have good news. Not only I have returned from OSCON with 8 (eight) Raptor HDD in tow, but I made good use of the travel time to start coding some new features. What new features? Well! Filtering – I made a first crack at filtering on the way from Detroit to Portland, OR. It
OSCON results in more FreshPorts coding! Read More »
On FreshPorts, virtual categories have no description. What are virtual cagtegories? Those categories that do not have a corresponding subdirectory in the ports tree. They are only used as secondary categories, and only for search purposes. FreshPorts can easily detect the creation of a new category, be it virtual or real (non-virtual). FreshPorts can grab
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The menu options on the left hand side of the page have changed. A “Watch List” grouping has been added, and links from other sections have been moved here. Putting all the watch list links in one box just makese sense. An added benefit: because they are all in one box, the link names can
I’m in Charlottetown today, and waiting for a meeting to finish (I’m not in that meeting), so I thought I’d take the time to post this about newsfeeds. FreshPorts now has more newsfeeds in more formats than you could ever possibly want or need. We now have 9 formats, all available from one central location.
Newsfeeds in more formats than you will ever need! Read More »
I’ve managed to fix the caching problem previously mentioned. I think I solved it the night I wrote about it, but I’m only writing about it now. The code has been in BETA since then and has just moved into production. The log output now looks more like this: Observer has noticed that processing has
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