Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 10:55:57 +0100 From: Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org> To: Erich <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD? Message-ID: <CADLo839FwLa=uP2eHU-_er9M_Q=9NmqBMk5hMb8TEKPhK-2srA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1616421.P4c92lAp56@x220.ovitrap.com> References: <CAGFTUwM1a%2B4CkOcVxjo_G3k4ae6Pa=KwC3mTvRi5P=Urc7kXew@mail.gmail.com> <1616421.P4c92lAp56@x220.ovitrap.com>
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On 5 June 2012 09:25, Erich <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On 05 June 2012 3:08:17 b. f. wrote: >> > On 05 June 2012 15:33:16 Mark Andrews wrote: >> > > >> > > In message <2490439.EC638TI0j3 at x220.ovitrap.com>, Erich writes: >> > > > Hi, >> > > > >> > All of these, with the exception of HEAD (which is always a valid tag)= , only apply to the src/ tree. The ports/, doc/, and www/ trees are not bra= nched. >> > >> > I understand this that I can use these tags on the FreeBSD sources but= not on the ports. >> > >> > I never tried this on the ports. >> >> I sent a long reply to your earlier message on freebsd-ports >> explaining exactly this -- how each Ports tree snapshot has a version >> number: the date spec. =A0Also, how a few special snapshots also have a >> second version number: the release tag. =A0I also explained how to find >> and use these, with and without cvs. =A0Am I wasting my time by trying >> to answer your questions, E.? > > I think that you missed my point. The point is that this has to be made a= vailable for beginners. As long as the handbook states that this does not a= pply to the ports tree, at least beginners will stop there. "Beginners" should be using packages anyway. It is absolutely a bad idea for "beginners" to be using tagged/dated ports trees-- they are not supported and will lead to many complaints about problems that were solved since the tag. Chris
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