Re: mktool support for fetch

[pin <voidpin%protonmail.com@localhost>]

On Sunday, October 6th, 2024 at 4:38 PM, Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:

> You have spoken in favor of adding code to pkgsrc that can run only on
> a limited set of platforms, when others have said this creates a risk
> (or high likelihood) that over time we will end up with it being the
> standard/only approach.
> 
> Do you believe that is untrue, or do you think it's ok if only a few
> majority platforms can be used to develop for pkgsrc, or something else?

I believe this is untrue. I wouldn't even think about making this default.
Please read jperkins FAQ, https://github.com/jperkin/mktool?tab=readme-ov-file#faq

I think people against it are simply overreacting and blocking others from have a serious performance improvement.

/Pedro