Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:14:55 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> To: Jim Brown <jpb@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: updated software Message-ID: <200304282314.h3SNEtxV096249@bmah.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20030428211643.GA78945@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net> References: <20030428144940.GA67429@wtf.lt> <20030428211643.GA78945@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net>
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--==_Exmh_33854310P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Jim Brown wrote: > > I've just finished reading FreeBSD/i386 4.8-RELEASE release notes. > > (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.8R/relnotes-i386.html) > > > > I've missed the versions of contributed software,from which that > > software was upgraded, like > > > > "BIND has been updated to version 8.3.4.". > > > > By looking at it I wonder from WHICH version it was upgraded. > > I mean, that's only for convenience, for easier comparisons and > > further expertise of the efficiency of the expected system upgrade. > > > > I am also able to find out the versions of the software manually, > > but it would be much easier to make decisions just by looking at > > the two points of specific software developement while having most > > common bugs/features in mind:) [snip] > You may be interested in browsing through the CVS repository for BIND > and other packages. You can learn what version of a port was added originall > y, > when updates were made, what patches have been applied and a wealth > (OK, maybe just a little) of information about the port. No, I think he's talking about contributed software that's in the base system. The release notes *could* give the old versions of updated software, but they don't because I was lazy (in particular, doing this for 5.0-RELEASE would have been a monumental pain). I'll try to keep this in mind when writing future items. In the meanwhile I'll gladly take patches for fixing up the existing (HEAD and RELENG_4) release notes. Everything's in the CVS repo, and it's just a matter of digging the old revisions out of CVSWeb or your local copy of the repository. Bruce. --==_Exmh_33854310P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5+ 20020506 iD8DBQE+rbXv2MoxcVugUsMRAnq7AJ93poORTwXglwutLWelRiFx/v/2ZgCfcjvU voncH9SVBJ0q1r1cfaGhU90= =8KhU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_33854310P--
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