From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 25 08:37:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E8E216A4CE for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:37:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vscan01.westnet.com.au (vscan01.westnet.com.au [203.10.1.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69CF943D5E for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:37:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cjsv@anembo.nu.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EC845D725; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:37:12 +0800 (WST) Received: from vscan01.westnet.com.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (vscan01.westnet.com.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 08218-13; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:37:12 +0800 (WST) Received: from anembo.nu.org (dsl-202-173-130-73.nsw.westnet.com.au [202.173.130.73]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by vscan01.westnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11DC351E33; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:37:11 +0800 (WST) Received: from anembo.nu.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by anembo.nu.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i9P8b86a047495; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:37:08 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from cjsv@anembo.nu.org) Received: (from cjsv@localhost) by anembo.nu.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i9P8b6Iq047494; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:37:06 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from cjsv) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:37:05 +1000 From: Christopher Vance To: Roman Kennke Message-ID: <20041025083705.GA16273@anembo.nu.org> References: <1098641975.705.10.camel@moonlight> <1098692436.666.17.camel@moonlight> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1098692436.666.17.camel@moonlight> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: Matthias Andree cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELEASE_X_Y_Z branches/tags maintained?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:37:15 -0000 >> > I have a question regarding the branches/tags of the ports tree for >> > stable releases. Are they in any way maintained. For instance I would >> > like to see security fixes and corrections like changed download URLs be >> > committed there. You have a choice between (1) a system with fewer packages/ports, but each one related to several supported OS versions, or (2) a system with more packages/ports, but they're not tied to any OS version. If you want something like (1) on FreeBSD, you can always capture the ports tree as it was when your OS version was released (it's even tagged for you) and update only those parts you care about. You get to follow any advisories yourself (try portaudit). But if it breaks, you get to fix all the pieces yourself. "Fast, cheap, good - pick (at most) two." -- Christopher Vance