On Sat, 3 Nov 2012 12:25:12 -0500, ajtiM wrote: > On Saturday 03 November 2012 12:18:35 Polytropon wrote: > > On Sat, 3 Nov 2012 11:23:12 -0500, ajtiM wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > Could someone explain, please why ports should be frozen before a new > > > version of FreeBSD came out? > > > > The idea is to make sure that RELEASE can be shipped with > > installation media (CD, DVD) for offline use which requires > > ports mostly to be tested and working in some specific state, > > and then the packages (those you can access on the installation > > media) are generated from them. It's handy for systems that > > do not have Internet access to install software off-line. > > > > > It happened all the time and after update (if you update or not) there > > > are so many ports for updating. In case for very long waiting for > > > version 9.1 will be thousands of them. > > > > That could probably be. Most users who have Internet access > > and run servers (and also home systems) will tend to update > > the OS beyond RELEASE and also do so with the ports collection, > > or alternatively also use pkg_add -r from the Latest/ directory > > instead of RELEASE (which _always_ contains the ports generated > > from the frozen ports tree). > > Thank you very much. > > BTW: packages are almost all the time outdated.
The packages in the RELEASE directory and on the installation media meet the frozen ports tree (frozen _prior_ to the release date), so yes, they are a bit outdated, but they are considered "mostly stable and usable" when in use with what is distributed. On the server, both _those_ packages _and_ those in Latest/ (which are periodically built from the "advancing" ports tree after the release date) are often considered not _that_ current as if you would use CVS or SVN to obtain the "bleeding edge" latest ports tree and build from source. So yes, you could say what you said. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
