From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Tue Apr 18 13:55:46 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 253B6D4458C for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:55:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from qjail1@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09091CE2 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:55:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from qjail1@a1poweruser.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 08791D4458A; Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:55:46 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07F32D44589; Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:55:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from qjail1@a1poweruser.com) Received: from s228.web-hosting.com (s228.web-hosting.com [198.54.114.176]) (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 DDFF5CE0; Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:55:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from qjail1@a1poweruser.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=a1poweruser.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: Subject:To:MIME-Version:From:Date:Message-ID:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=bfX8Z6NJHm/xiUjvxRtoVnzsxSInr6EwCXUpjOOwUrA=; b=V4iBk0lvqE6mxWxs6stFWKkYB6 Arni3gQ4ACjsg2yqwVjXyWRWeaF4iwlzzVcCxlwdftIx+kaU85NGmXOVhNwbdVdfJ5gZx/JZjLIxL j4+6Q0ZfkRdyFJ5kKJhAVMmMBBldtYD9PYi1UrI72AWNNNoh+hAW/ns3UzVHv2AfZW5s=; Received: from cpe-74-141-88-57.neo.res.rr.com ([74.141.88.57]:1148 helo=[10.0.10.3]) by server228.web-hosting.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.87) (envelope-from ) id 1d0TaE-000dLS-1N; Tue, 18 Apr 2017 09:54:18 -0400 Message-ID: <58F61A8D.1030309@a1poweruser.com> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 09:54:21 -0400 From: qjail1 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "ports@FreeBSD.org" , FreeBSD questions Subject: Is pkg quarterly really needed? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server228.web-hosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - a1poweruser.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: server228.web-hosting.com: authenticated_id: qjail1@a1poweruser.com X-Authenticated-Sender: server228.web-hosting.com: qjail1@a1poweruser.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-From-Rewrite: unmodified, already matched X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:55:46 -0000 I maintain a port and I have users complaining that the pkg system takes many months before the updated version of my port shows up in the pkg system. My response is I tell them to change a line in their /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf file from url: "pkg+http://pkg.Freebsd.org/${ABI}/quarterly", to url: "pkg+http://pkg.Freebsd.org/${ABI}/latest", The old pkg system never had this quarterly update cycle and I see no reason to have it now when its so easy to over ride the default. Why not just change the default to "latest" and save on all the overhead of the quarterly cycle?