> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 17:20:26 -0500 > From: ajtiM <lum...@gmail.com> > To: Polytropon <free...@edvax.de> > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: before new version > Message-ID: <201211031720.27182.lum...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Saturday 03 November 2012 14:11:22 you wrote: > >> > BTW: packages are almost all the time outdated.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 date), so yes, they are a bit outdated, but they are considered 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. >> > > I didn't complain about "bleeding edge" sofware which we anywhere don't > have > (Gimp, Xorg, LibreOffice and all dependencies for those applications and > more > and more which I don't use and I don't need) but I complain about freezing > ports too early before new release came out and after that rebuilt 5000 > ports > for example just because png new version is coming out. Or am I wrong? > > >> So yes, you could say what you said. :-) > > Mitja > -------- > http://www.redbubble.com/people/lumiwa >
Your complaint seems to be unfair to me as this is the first time -- as far as I remember -- that the ports freeze was implemented only for RC2 but not already for RC1. So, the tree is certainly not frozen "too early."" C-S _______________________________________________ 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"
