Ryan Freeman <r...@slipgate.org> writes: > > This thread doesn't inspire any more confidence in -stable ports than I > > have gained from the documentation, which has led me to conclude that I > > should generally compile and manage my own software on OpenBSD. A > > "stable" branch is generally understood to mean "critical security > > patches only", not "unmaintained" ... > > please note that while security fixes or 'errata' are backported to the > current stable release, this applies to the operating system, OpenBSD > itself. it does not apply to the ports, which are not part of the operating > system. (there is the odd exception to that last rule) > you may wish to check the following: > > http://openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Flavors > > for a thorough explanation of that system, and: > > http://openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#PkgFAQ > > for a nice FAQ which covers some of if not all of your questions. regards,
Note that there is unsupported ports upgrades available here : http://openbsd.rutgers.edu/4.4-stable/ -- Guillaume Pinot http://www.irccyn.ec-nantes.fr/~pinot/ ``Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.'' -- Donald E. Knuth, the TeXbook () ASCII ribbon campaign -- Against HTML e-mail /\ http://www.asciiribbon.org -- Against proprietary attachments
