From: Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
Subject: Re: -portable: changing linux branch to portable
To: Thomas Adam <thomas@xteddy.org>
Cc: Game of Trees <gameoftrees@openbsd.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 18:53:35 +0100

On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 05:26:31PM +0000, Thomas Adam wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> Some of you might well be aware that there's been a lot of changes to the
> -portable repo, as we're trying to improve this for adoption in FreeBSD's
> ports. It's been a lot of fun getting things to this point, and I have to
> thank naddy for his hard work as well.
> 
> In reflecting about this, I think the time has come to officially rename
> the 'linux' branch in -portable, to 'portable', to better reflect that this
> is no longer just about compilation on linux.
> 
> Different hosting services have different policies around how easy this
> change is, and how backwards compatible such a change is. I know for some
> it could be a jarring/breaking change.
> 
> The work naddy and I have done isn't merged to the 'linux' branch yet, but
> when that happens, and as of the next -portable release, I really want to
> then, rename the default branch.
> 
> So this is a head's up that this will happen, and to plan accordingly.
> Letting downstream packagers know of this will help!
> 
> Any questions please let me know.
> 
> Kindly,
> Thomas

Pkease let me know ahead of time when you make the switch. I will adjust
HEAD on various repository copies I maintain, including the main repo.