On Tue, Apr 18, 2017, at 02:54 PM, qjail1 wrote: > I maintain a port and I have users complaining that the pkg system takes > many months before the updated version of my port shows up in the pkg > system. > > My response is I tell them to change a line in their > /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf file > from url: "pkg+http://pkg.Freebsd.org/${ABI}/quarterly";, > to url: "pkg+http://pkg.Freebsd.org/${ABI}/latest";, > > The old pkg system never had this quarterly update cycle and I see no > reason to have it now when its so easy to over ride the default. > > Why not just change the default to "latest" and save on all the overhead > of the quarterly cycle?
I have to say that if pkg abandoned the cautious update cycle, I'd abandon FreeBSD. I've really had enough of constant upgrades. The one thing I have which needs constant upgrades is a Flash video downloader. I keep that in ~/bin and use its built-in upgrade mechanism when required, which is simple. I don't need to get it via some root-only mechanism. It doesn't have a man page of course, but --help|less is easy enough. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
