From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 21 04:55:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD7C9106566B for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:55:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jcw@highperformance.net) Received: from mail17.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail17.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A87308FC0C for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:55:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jcw@highperformance.net) Received: (qmail 11211 invoked from network); 21 Apr 2008 04:55:20 -0000 Received: from mxperim8.sea5.speakeasy.net ([69.17.117.73]) (envelope-sender ) by mail17.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 21 Apr 2008 04:55:20 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mxperim8.sea5.speakeasy.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01588F7333; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:55:20 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mxperim8.sea5.speakeasy.net Received: from mxperim8.sea5.speakeasy.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mxperim8.sea5.speakeasy.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id QkgxglhLUrgP; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:55:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from w16.stradamotorsports.com (dsl081-163-042.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.163.42]) by mxperim8.sea5.speakeasy.net (Postfix) with ESMTP; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:55:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <480C1E3F.2020300@highperformance.net> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:55:27 -0700 From: "Jason C. Wells" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4pre (X11/20080205) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: christopher References: <20080420211717.be366660.skeptikos@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080420211717.be366660.skeptikos@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: port management practices X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:55:20 -0000 christopher wrote: > Hey, how does everyone manage their ports in terms of > keeping them up-to-date? I don't. It's too much work. I don't update ports for the duration of a major release's life. What ever ports came out for 6.3 (that's when I quit trying to manage ports) are typically what I am running. When 7.1 is released (I don't run x.0 releases) I will reinstall ports based on a homegrown script and a couple text files. My response is brief but I'll tell you I have tried everything. There was much suffering that went into my ports management method. I'm much happier now. I spend more time using my computers and less time maintaining them. The problem is non-trivial. I am curious how -ports folks maintain their sanity. That's a phenomena worth studying. Regards, Jason