From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Aug 9 09:07:57 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E481B105D886 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2018 09:07:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com) Received: from mx18-out11.antispamcloud.com (mx18-out11.antispamcloud.com [207.244.64.180]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 73B1888CEA for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2018 09:07:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com) Received: from [153.92.8.106] (helo=srv31.niagahoster.com) by mx62.antispamcloud.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1fngv5-00093x-ME; Thu, 09 Aug 2018 11:07:48 +0200 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sumeritec.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender :Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=MIN/arZIaYdNz+C0658/A0DzA2Pm3FKnPx/6DVtc+4w=; b=kIC18bCWOxI3RI/+H6fIpvQQ86 gRqThBl7Pw+6heQ1BuNXyCjv9NQgDMngy0oJS2jlUqakzw1ts9v/BfXz97t6/XmA3JoFfKNKDyBcX KB7v8chRhOW8cUh8JBBEp0wnvJlWHfONIYFfjopwg/fADBqD9Zr2Gfo2F+Jx3k5+5EoSrECmGB+uq y6cQKeA+adkRcRO8lUmi9T3pbmJQkgq6Pk4V0oK2XpZd+pMnJKyazxVmRMd+v0We16MJBuTa71VpR Mre1q3hf44F7z2XMvGh1AfroTEg5rHow/GzL38evPq1tML50RExOJXs7gcG6MV3g3P13W7OY8YT59 aIuGNwpw==; Received: from [114.125.109.19] (port=39492 helo=X220.sumeritec.com) by srv31.niagahoster.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1fnguD-00023b-7n; Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:06:59 +0700 Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 17:06:51 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: Andrea Venturoli Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, estartu@ze.tum.de Subject: Re: No Extended Support Version right now? Message-ID: <20180809170651.515699ae.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> In-Reply-To: References: <8F86D7B0-6E3A-40EE-A8B3-E5209AB579A5@mail.sermon-archive.info> <45977e25-80e4-9bb9-e36a-bb7d6e7e7dbb@ze.tum.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-AuthUser: freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com X-Originating-IP: 153.92.8.106 X-AntiSpamCloud-Domain: out.niagahoster.com X-AntiSpamCloud-Username: niaga Authentication-Results: antispamcloud.com; auth=pass (login) smtp.auth=niaga@out.niagahoster.com X-AntiSpamCloud-Outgoing-Class: unsure X-AntiSpamCloud-Outgoing-Evidence: Combined (0.41) X-Recommended-Action: accept X-Filter-ID: EX5BVjFpneJeBchSMxfU5jcAUh0H7uwKrpXoybhVAxh602E9L7XzfQH6nu9C/Fh9KJzpNe6xgvOx q3u0UDjvOzT1htska1XLMHDUHwQCsIWc+oM7PKIIHvZocxcrlNitTq9l0Jsl51Hq5dP/jf8b0i0q H/RI+UppDmZcjEC5USia+dZCQZpapw/UCoUoF1vtIeebqmNzITIBQB6uQcT8T1Wvx4/5aan/L8AH YrKyAYPtLmXeKaxyHkYzGSbsk4sEK9tLbEmaBmPsQT3aIsBQFVV/a2W6v0kBTOTssGG04/WGbxeN FDWVOXj6Y6ruIh9sKNZe/k0K3IChzid4Dxyja3bwQEeqdiLXJYHgJzfhaOlEDBffVZVjmVaNbG4Z JG7FYTGAEpH4i5yCagzIeXQ1Z7wz2MpogAD7xcut2fULfiLavr9ZeziRMVMQY2DtQVwLwIKgmomx /w0lkMMz3v1CUeWBOXp8nHKe0R+FkIqN7hkzc8fJy+zvdR6g6rtfYMVqVgW9/bktU41htiJ8fk7N kFpKIxrnUNn8Kw10IXx0Njyu51a4mYCGb5aYUpZ7NJBexiGu5p/pZKWI4gyuH22OSIff17ZK94fM sXNf9icpky9aQsDp6lsFabMlQOQ85UacTHNbGMT+fsWoWlTp6js6n6IcLguvcfUihK+TuN0i4DbS mRXGb6RFefKpXK8LKM6rAkGNE+v/U721xE1IxeehanXgzQDMsAHDJQ17r7XurbPB/V9W1A7VEpcZ 1u3br3YDcEEbixJTgg9pT91WTkvMKFz1pRXWhjh9fdbl44I0Df3jtCQz+WhFmzZnZA9g/PLaNnXu MIAllvOzxgcIGHCzM97R945h66QDfUsb7b35RVA2AD9u+nF6eKoEMp0v7owZmFaIUt4991OA5J3E LURF5/5ZnKq6fmYD9S2+Y0MzftUOmnbQdjnvPHTYbpEBGcKIuUb+FATHOUWkw2bxin6QTsJwCTsI HmCarFKjfmeYeNHMPSA9n7O4Y7McSYkIYqEQ X-Report-Abuse-To: spam@quarantine1.antispamcloud.com X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2018 09:07:57 -0000 Hi, On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 09:52:49 +0200 Andrea Venturoli wrote: > On 8/9/18 9:29 AM, Gerhard Schmidt wrote: > > > Updating each of them to the next Major release takes about 2h > > (really stupid things like FreeBSD id changes in config files are > > time consuming and annoying). > > Are you talking about mergemaster? > Are you aware of the -F and -U options (which have been somewhat > recently added)? > > Notice: I'm not trying to convince you that upgrading so frequently > is a good thing (as I said I agree with you); I'm just trying to ease > the pain. > mergemaster? Isn't this for the ports only but the discussion started around FreeBSD versions? Erich