Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:02:30 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman@cwis.biz> Cc: jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk, perryh@pluto.rain.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Free BSD 8.1 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009280738122.99111@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <5711C7AE-92FD-4ECA-B0DC-2CF91A10B809@cwis.biz> References: <20100926123019.GA41450@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <4C9F3BBA.2060809@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4ca03df2.lQjjNnRah4BJhw4Y%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <201009271016.26902.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> <4ca19305.qVDnt7/ifQhIrQ0c%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <5711C7AE-92FD-4ECA-B0DC-2CF91A10B809@cwis.biz>
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On Tue, 28 Sep 2010, Ryan Coleman wrote: > > As I understand it: The OS itself is stable, but the ports are constantly in flux and may be issues. During a FreeBSD release, the ports tree is "frozen" and port updates are delayed. So a FreeBSD release really does come with with a somewhat stale and stable set of ports... which is immediately followed by a flurry of port updates as the ports tree is unfrozen. Often these updates include major applications like xorg, with time-consuming upgrade procedures. The snapshot of ports on a -release grows increasingly stale. After a while, it's easier to update the ports tree before installing anything.
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