From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 16 16:00:31 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7DCD855F; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:00:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x230.google.com (mail-wi0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C52631FED; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:00:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f176.google.com with SMTP id r20so1626477wiv.9 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 09:00:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=TuHdzKFlI4gAa1tahDuljQNEn3LTIFMqoc/XayTXp+I=; b=ZFx6MMvJv5fteTRwKkJi+WgcWQtQ2DuvInW/Dp6TgkH2EtWf7oLThIxTiBVp1cnor+ L8LKKXjxUW453NrtOM2zLKDe/XjXefCmHxV2EflGt4w3kBmRmXe0NJuMDc/MJTuLqtpp DECI69NYVDrBigohK9s2wTxLdwmqfRdm0DboeDuB8mJaSCiAfF8jIr85ZWarXcp2Cr5L CVM1z2mNore8wUh2gMnuIjtsPmHWlawBTaQ6JfaP75NKwVjT1y1HdT13SehQOR9FMW65 oQTCtdxyfVygz6Tvtcacvwo7t/FwOC9hFd4PysdPZug/CAAptB+I/QmQfs0+siLMtqYA ztkg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.175.70 with SMTP id by6mr7619248wjc.3.1397664029169; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 09:00:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.76.11 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 09:00:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <534EA16F.5010704@marino.st> References: <534EA16F.5010704@marino.st> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:00:29 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Synchronizing package defaults with Linuxes? From: =?UTF-8?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=C3=ADa?= To: marino@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Ivan Voras , FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:00:31 -0000 On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:27 PM, John Marino wrote: > On 4/16/2014 15:53, Ivan Voras wrote: >> What do you think of the idea of syncing versions in general, and this >> example of PostgreSQL in particular? > > The example of PostgreSQL isn't really good because people have been > asking for change in default for probably two years now. I have no clue > as to why it hasn't changed but people do not want 9.0 as the default. > > BTW, DPorts has had postgresql 9.2 as the default for 15 months now, > everything is fine, so there is no reason that I know of why FreeBSD > isn't at least at 9.2. > > > As for syncing with Linux -- I personally don't like the idea. The > defaults should be picked deliberately, not because _____ Linux is at > whatever version. I agree. "syncing with Linux" is at least vague. Which distros should be want to be synced with? Ubuntu? Fedora? Mint? Also, syncing with "Linux" (for whatever value of "Linux") would mean that even if FreeBSD wants to have a higher version of some synced package we should hold the change until "Linux" does it... I'm not sure if this is a good idea. Besides, as in the example of PostgreSQL not even the Linux distros are really synced between them. Cheers. > > John > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"