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Date:      Fri, 23 Jun 2017 04:39:54 +0200
From:      Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>
To:        scratch65535@att.net
Cc:        freebsd-ports <ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [RFC] Why FreeBSD ports should have branches by OS version
Message-ID:  <20170623023954.GA29157@home.opsec.eu>
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Hi!

> Mark, I can only suppose that those complainers are dilettantes
> of some sort who believe that having The Latest-And-Greatest Bits
> is a social-status enhancer.  **Nobody** with real work to do
> ever willingly fools away time "fixing" what isn't broken.

There's a blog post from one of the folks that explains the
idea behind that 'fast update' mode of operations, and yes,
he's doing real work.

http://blog.koehntopp.info/index.php/1776-rolling-out-patches-and-changes-often-and-fast/

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pi@opsec.eu            +49 171 3101372                         3 years to go !



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