Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:24:51 -0500 From: "Francisco Reyes" <fran@reyes.somos.net> To: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: where have all the ports & sysinstall packages gone ?? Message-ID: <200012162334.SAA90841@sanson.reyes.somos.net> In-Reply-To: <001301c067a6$e9d5aa20$847e03cb@apana.org.au>
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On Sun, 17 Dec 2000 07:26:48 +1000, Doug Young wrote: >Is the main reason for CVS simply to "fix" bugs in the ports that have been >changed for some reason ?? CVSup is a way to keep something under version control. The reason for changes can be both fixes and enhancements (i.e. a new version of the program) >If so, what happens with sysinstall packages on a >CD that people have downloaded / purchased / whatever They are the older versions. For many packages this is a non-issue. I commonly just like to get the latest so rarely ever look at the CDs anymore. francisco Moderator of the Corporate BSD list http://www.egroups.com/group/BSD_Corporate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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