On Nov 16, 2008, at 7:06 PM, Altoine Barker wrote:
Well, let us say there is a new feature or security fix available on
svn or cvs. You will have to wait until someone provides a package
installer update before reaping the benefits. A real world example
of this scenario would be mplayer. The mplayer package installer is
always made last of all the updates. HTH
-Altoine
MPlayer is probably not the best example to cite for this particular
situation, since they release both packages and full releases at about
the same rate of never...
For things that auto-update via Sparkle or the new Google updater,
there is little advantage to having a Port unless there are optional
compile-time options of merit. For things which don't auto-update yet
(and anything using a .pkg installer) I can see some advantages to
going the mp route.
Thanks,
Eric
P.S.- Anyone who would like to improve the MPlayer situation please
contact me, I simply don't have enough time right now to find a recent
stable svn revision and roll our own distfile...
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