RE: Should I upgrade to 3.1.6?
> > Just looked over the bug fix list for 3.1.6 and it doesn't seem > like anything *major* that would suggest that I should make the leap. I'm > right now running 3.1.5 on my box. Is there other improvements, such as > rules and the like, that would make this a preferable upgrade? Or should > I > just hold tight for 3.2.0 or one of the next maintenance updates? > Steven Lake 3.1.7 is out As I recall, 3.1.6 had some oops issues - rh -- Robert - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net
Re: Should I upgrade to 3.1.6?
3.1.7. Skip 6.
{^_^}
- Original Message -
From: "Steve Lake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 20:14
Subject: Should I upgrade to 3.1.6?
Just looked over the bug fix list for 3.1.6 and it doesn't seem
like anything *major* that would suggest that I should make the leap. I'm
right now running 3.1.5 on my box. Is there other improvements, such as
rules and the like, that would make this a preferable upgrade? Or should I
just hold tight for 3.2.0 or one of the next maintenance updates?
Steven Lake
Owner/Technical Writer
Raiden's Realm
www.raiden.net
A friendly web community
Re: Should I upgrade to 3.1.6?
Ok, well I only see 3.1.6 on the site. Not unless I'm looking in
the wrong place.
At 11:26 PM 10/14/2006 -0700, jdow wrote:
3.1.7. Skip 6.
{^_^}
- Original Message - From: "Steve Lake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 20:14
Subject: Should I upgrade to 3.1.6?
Just looked over the bug fix list for 3.1.6 and it doesn't seem
like anything *major* that would suggest that I should make the
leap. I'm right now running 3.1.5 on my box. Is there other
improvements, such as rules and the like, that would make this a
preferable upgrade? Or should I just hold tight for 3.2.0 or one of the
next maintenance updates?
Steven Lake
Owner/Technical Writer
Raiden's Realm
www.raiden.net
A friendly web community
Steven Lake
Owner/Technical Writer
Raiden's Realm
www.raiden.net
A friendly web community
Re: Should I upgrade to 3.1.6?
On 2006-10-15, Steve Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just looked over the bug fix list for 3.1.6 and it doesn't seem > like anything *major* that would suggest that I should make the leap. I'm > right now running 3.1.5 on my box. Is there other improvements, such as > rules and the like, that would make this a preferable upgrade? Or should I > just hold tight for 3.2.0 or one of the next maintenance updates? If you have 3.1.5 working well I wouldn't bother. Besides, 3.1.7 is out already to address some 3.1.6 "oops" issues, but it hasn't made it into the FreeBSD ports tree yet. -- John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Should I upgrade to 3.1.6?
On Sunday 15 October 2006 19:08, John Thompson wrote: > If you have 3.1.5 working well I wouldn't bother. Besides, 3.1.7 is out > already to address some 3.1.6 "oops" issues, but it hasn't made it into > the FreeBSD ports tree yet. Why does it have to be in the ports tree? Does the CPAN version not run on FreeBSD? Full disclosure: I ran FreeBSD for exactly 6 months many years ago, so consider me clueless. -- _ John Andersen
Re: Should I upgrade to 3.1.6?
* On 15/10/06 21:11 -0800, John Andersen wrote: | On Sunday 15 October 2006 19:08, John Thompson wrote: | | > If you have 3.1.5 working well I wouldn't bother. Besides, 3.1.7 is out | > already to address some 3.1.6 "oops" issues, but it hasn't made it into | > the FreeBSD ports tree yet. | | Why does it have to be in the ports tree? Does the CPAN version | not run on FreeBSD? | | Full disclosure: I ran FreeBSD for exactly 6 months many years | ago, so consider me clueless. You're right. They'd both work the same, as far as I've seen all these years. The only difference is that the port allows one to pull in some complementary apps like DCC, RAZOR, etc in a clean way (clean, as in a systems maintained mostly via ports, not manual compiles). -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php -- +==+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Zzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +==+ Whistler's Law: You never know who is right, but you always know who is in charge.
Re: Should I upgrade to 3.1.6?
On 2006-10-16, John Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 15 October 2006 19:08, John Thompson wrote: > >> If you have 3.1.5 working well I wouldn't bother. Besides, 3.1.7 is out >> already to address some 3.1.6 "oops" issues, but it hasn't made it into >> the FreeBSD ports tree yet. > Why does it have to be in the ports tree? Does the CPAN version > not run on FreeBSD? Just for consistency's sake. The ports system sometimes gets confused if you have a mix of ports and cpan installed packages. -- John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Should I upgrade to 3.1.6?
> Why does it have to be in the ports tree? Does the CPAN version > not run on FreeBSD? Just for consistency's sake. The ports system sometimes gets confused if you have a mix of ports and cpan installed packages. Exactly, that's why I prefer to do everything via ports. For one, it's the absolute easiest way to install stuff on Freebsd, and two, as the previous poster mentioned, consistency. You're less likely to encounter those "ugly" problems that tend to crop up periodically if you stick to ports. I'm not saying ports is perfect, but there's a level of accountability there that doesn't exist in raw installed programs, files and dependencies that I happen to like. :D Steven Lake Owner/Technical Writer Raiden's Realm www.raiden.net A friendly web community
FreeBSD ports and 3.1.7 (Was Re: Should I upgrade to 3.1.6?)
On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 08:24:25PM -0400, Steve Lake wrote: > > >> Why does it have to be in the ports tree? Does the CPAN version > >> not run on FreeBSD? > > > >Just for consistency's sake. The ports system sometimes gets confused if > >you have a mix of ports and cpan installed packages. > > Exactly, that's why I prefer to do everything via ports. For one, > it's the absolute easiest way to install stuff on Freebsd, and two, as the > previous poster mentioned, consistency. You're less likely to encounter > those "ugly" problems that tend to crop up periodically if you stick to > ports. I'm not saying ports is perfect, but there's a level of > accountability there that doesn't exist in raw installed programs, files > and dependencies that I happen to like. :D You can simply edit the ports Makefile and distinfo directly (update the version in the former, the distfile size and checksum in the latter) than rock on. It's nice to let someone else do the work, but on a trivial upgrade like that from 3.1.6 to 3.1.7, it's easy enough to do it yourself. It took me about 5-10 minutes earlier today when I got tired of waiting for ports to catch up. I'm about to start testing now. It's not even that hard to create your own new local ports under ports/local, following the FreeBSD Porter's Handbook, even if you don't feel bold enough to submit them. FYI, -- Clifton -- Clifton Royston -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] President - I and I Computing * http://www.iandicomputing.com/ Custom programming, network design, systems and network consulting services
