From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 25 08:22:17 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 4BD3216A4CE for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:22:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from box7954.elkhouse.de (box7954.elkhouse.de [213.9.79.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3A8143D62 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:22:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roman@ontographics.com) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (1Cust156.vr1.dtm1.alter.net [149.229.96.156]) (authenticated bits=0) by box7954.elkhouse.de (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9P8OVmW015095 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:24:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from roman@ontographics.com) From: Roman Kennke To: Kris Kennaway In-Reply-To: <20041025081616.GA73266@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <1098641975.705.10.camel@moonlight> <20041024223051.GA94197@xor.obsecurity.org> <1098686273.666.5.camel@moonlight> <20041025081616.GA73266@xor.obsecurity.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1098692533.666.20.camel@moonlight> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:22:13 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 08:22:17 -0000 Am Mo, den 25.10.2004 schrieb Kris Kennaway um 10:16: > On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 08:37:54AM +0200, Roman Kennke wrote: > > Am Mo, den 25.10.2004 schrieb Kris Kennaway um 0:30: > > > On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 08:19:36PM +0200, Roman Kennke wrote: > > > > Hello list, > > > > > > > > I have a question regarding the branches/tags of the ports tree for > > > > stable releases. Are they in any way maintained. > > > > > > No. > > > > Hmm, wouldn't this be a good thing to do, especially on production > > machines? I would greatly appreciate that. I see no reason to do major > > updates (like x.1 -> x.2 only to get fixes in. For production machines I > > would prefer some kind of stability and conservativism. > > What is the problem with such a setup? Lack of interest? Lack of > > manpower? Or wrong philosophy? > > Lack of manpower - it's a lot of extra work, and we already don't do a > great job of keeping up with the incoming PR load. I see. Difficult problem. There's a reason why OSes like Debian takes several years to get a release out of the door. :-( /Roman