With the inclusion of svnlite in 10 the question comes up of whether we really need the portsnap system or whether it could be safely retired. The reason I see for it to be retired is that subversion allows us to easily and securely check out the ports tree. Its a one-line command: `svn co https://...`. Keeping it up-to-date it is another one-liner: `cd /usr/ports; svn update`. With the inclusion of svnlite in base, the portsnap code and servers acting as mirrors become redundant and seem like a waste of resources. Fix: Remove portsnap from base. Retire the portsnap servers or use them for something else.
It's all very well having svnlite in 10, but 8 and 9 are still supported, albeit as legacy options. People running 8 or 9 will still need the portsnap servers.
State Changed From-To: open->closed portsnap is still needed for pre-10.0 systems.
Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-bugs