From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 10:13:01 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B74A2BF3 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2015 10:13:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-x22f.google.com (mail-ig0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C16C992 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2015 10:13:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ig0-f175.google.com with SMTP id h15so2019206igd.2 for ; Thu, 08 Jan 2015 02:13:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=0BiuqU/P4E3dtXlHTkefzzxNb0YHbWRu9STKJE6xFzg=; b=S/KKTO4P4kOoY+kwEY/0yx8yAwh9mKLn5bZy5fL+/XbaWqIcfW1fUCz8yhFaGMQeX1 WN5Z/YgDWRLEa7Zf4JVvaxXSonzzzsyyi4ejf+oirVHuulPANzJTcukT4GmO6/yUMUkf y4i07Rs1wrlUCb+Zw+rZ1vgPnHSbM2Eg+kXJdap1prN+FvpSYwDwlaeh+xdEg3rpJI1T XKHRLpKItGHc50cUUsBVWbfTl1/ZJRHORuL+BWVQAnvCT8nMC9ojtu23EMkbeNPLgJlI 07J/Z38QFLJGu1n7WYT08jdNGetjtDTg8LJ0D9XKfSElNGRbeRveVxHwCbIqWLtAybuR MUjA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.108.68 with SMTP id hi4mr26694633igb.38.1420711980931; Thu, 08 Jan 2015 02:13:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.107.9.216 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Jan 2015 02:13:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <54AE55F0.3070203@gmail.com> References: <54AE55F0.3070203@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 18:13:00 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ports quarterly branches From: Ben Woods To: =?UTF-8?Q?Michael_Gr=C3=BCnewald?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: FreeBSD ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:13:01 -0000 I also wonder how that works. For example, I presume there is an attempt to ensure most of the ports a building successfully prior to the quarterly branch? A gnome3 dependency stopped building the other day, meaning the gnome3 metapackage was no longer available to install. Would be a bit harsh to branch a quarterly branch at that point. If it did, can people then still commit fixes and security updates to the quarterly branch, or is it frozen? On Thursday, January 8, 2015, Michael Gr=C3=BCnewald = wrote: > Since one year or so, FreeBSD ports are branched quarterly to provide > stable branches. > > Where can I read more on this topic? How does it affect my work as > a port maintainer? > > -- > Thanks! > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " > --=20 -- From: Benjamin Woods woodsb02@gmail.com