Date: 01 Nov 2003 16:11:56 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "SWIT" <mark@s-wit.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: why are theynot updated WAS Re: samba 3.0, FreeBSD 5.1 Message-ID: <44u15npzdv.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <000c01c3a0b7$8eef69a0$0100000a@Biggie> References: <20031005080039.GA23414@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <000c01c3a0b7$8eef69a0$0100000a@Biggie>
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"SWIT" <mark@s-wit.net> writes: > : > > > On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 11:06, Mike Maltese wrote: > > > > > It's in > > > > > /usr/ports/net/samba-devel/ > > > > > > > > > Yes, but the port hasn't been updated to the release version. > > newbie question. > why isn't the ports updated ? Seems alot of times the ports is outdated by a > version or more. > I mean if everyone is always saying its in the ports should they not be > better upkeeped ? It's a volunteer effort. However, it's generally pretty good at being up-to-date. In this case, for example, the ports system has the latest official release in the "samba" port, and the most recent development release in the "samba-devel" port. The samba-devel port has often taken a couple of weeks to bring in the latest version, but that doesn't seem unreasonable. > Also why is such an old version of perl 5.003 still in the freebsd base when > 5.8 is out ? For the most obvious reason: some people still need it.
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