Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 16:52:01 +0200 From: Jos Chrispijn <bsdports@cloudzeeland.nl> To: Dries Michiels <driesm.michiels@gmail.com>, 'FreeBSD Ports ML' <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports vs packages Message-ID: <8cd50bac-6897-12ba-ba3d-86f02171802a@cloudzeeland.nl> In-Reply-To: <001a01d43c71$0fe4a240$2fade6c0$@gmail.com> References: <5e365091-6889-2f65-78ac-637a7155733a@cloudzeeland.nl> <001a01d43c71$0fe4a240$2fade6c0$@gmail.com>
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On 25-8-2018 14:42, Dries Michiels wrote: >> How many times is there between the release of a port and its package - is >> that depending on the port maintainer? > This does not depend on the port maintainer. Ports are the master! Packages > are simply built ports. > These packages are built in bulk on the FreeBSD clusters. > Depending on when a rebuild of a new revision of the ports tree is initiated > it can take up to a few days. I see, thanks for clearing out. BR, Jos
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