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Date:      Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:13:17 -0400
From:      Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
To:        "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: sysutils/cfs
Message-ID:  <4E6840DD.2050209@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201109080128.p881SVZF021424@fire.js.berklix.net>
References:  <201109080128.p881SVZF021424@fire.js.berklix.net>

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On 9/7/11 9:28 PM, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
>> And what we have been trying to explain to you is that this has never
>> been a supported mode of operation. We don't tie the ports tree to
>> specific releases,
> 
> FreeBSD doese "tie the ports tree to specific releases".  We have ports
> freezes before each release, it gets tagged & goes on cdrom images,
> packages get rolled. (Yes,  Not quite the same as src/  )
> 

Packages are tied to a specific release (and are distributed with said
release).  Ports are not.

-- 
Glen Barber



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