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Date:      Sat, 3 Nov 2012 17:20:26 -0500
From:      ajtiM <lumiwa@gmail.com>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: before new version
Message-ID:  <201211031720.27182.lumiwa@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20121103201122.bfcc917e.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <201211031123.12664.lumiwa@gmail.com> <201211031225.12632.lumiwa@gmail.com> <20121103201122.bfcc917e.freebsd@edvax.de>

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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 BTW: packages are almost all the time outdated.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 date), so yes, they are a bit outdated, but they are considered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
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