Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:53:49 -0200 From: JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports security branch Message-ID: <200512201053.49465.joao@matik.com.br> In-Reply-To: <43A7F875.4010903@mail.ru> References: <43A7A3F7.7060500@mail.ru> <20051220110315.GA66112@melkor.kh405.net> <43A7F875.4010903@mail.ru>
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On Tuesday 20 December 2005 10:26, rihad wrote: > > FreeBSD's "latest and greatest" attitude is very relevant for desktop > users and such. I think it would be even better to make > security-conscious server admins' lives even better. Put up a box, > forget about it, do a major upgrade in a year. Oversimplifying here... > _______________________________________________ I would not agree with you, even if the ports are getting better and better= =20 they are still a all-in-one-package and often not suitable for any adm=20 especially the security-conscious one.=20 A webserver or a router need some software only and well compiled and=20 configured it is better than having a large ports-tree on the machine and=20 then when upgrading some shit happens and some config is deleted like it us= ed=20 to be with mailman, spamassassin and others. The risk is too big. The ports collection is nice and easy for most users like it is but since y= ou=20 already compared to linux, I tell you that aptget or yum really seems to b= e=20 better until you get in nasty troubles after compiling a new kernel and som= e=20 packages do not work anymore. Then you go to love portupgrade again and the= =20 =46reeBSD system is clearly better because the ports do not depend on kerne= l=20 versions. Also you can portupgrade only some ports without running into too much=20 dependency troubles. Jo=E3o A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik https://datacenter.matik.com.br
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