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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>
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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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