From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 15 18:56:19 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D4FE1065672 for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:56:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from code@apotheon.net) Received: from oproxy1-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy1.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1A0C88FC1A for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:56:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 9888 invoked by uid 0); 15 Sep 2011 18:56:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 15 Sep 2011 18:56:18 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.net; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=QEltmYMa2hsWwVTZU+Rt63ieHILV03u2tKlLRRBc0tA=; b=yz9nJbotODrxU+zeDPZSQUnrdKWO/oNeHFJ0/4/4alUGCznJ8R1ZyIdRWd25pQsUrEqQZ3AHgseolcuTg6BXMfX9DCrVwmA6UkDJMDmTuvVbBL0tvvz4lHTYjFu7jxya; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1R4H6f-00029s-Lp for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:56:18 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:37:10 -0600 Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:37:10 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110915183710.GA47127@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <20110912230943.GD33455@guilt.hydra> <4E6E99BC.4050909@missouri.edu> <1315905051.1747.208.camel@xenon> <4E6F8A50.9060205@gmx.de> <1315942042.1747.258.camel@xenon> <4E6FD71D.9010207@gmx.de> <20110914181553.f6d31b0f.cjr@cruwe.de> <4E722F3F.3030606@wasikowski.net> <20110915180815.GA46983@guilt.hydra> <4E7247F2.7080207@wasikowski.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E7247F2.7080207@wasikowski.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: Thank you (for making the ports less boring). X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:56:19 -0000 --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 08:46:10PM +0200, =C5=81ukasz W=C4=85sikowski wrote: > W dniu 2011-09-15 20:08, Chad Perrin pisze: > >=20 > > If there was something broken with a FreeBSD port (a relative > > rarity), it would fail to install, leaving me with the older > > version. If there was something wrong with a Gentoo port, I'd end > > up with a broken install. >=20 > That's true. But I've got probably less then 5 situations when Gentoo > port broke that way. Overall experience of every day portage use is > just plain better. I hope for some changes in FreeBSD's ports system, > we know where to look for some good ideas. It seems we have different priorities. I *hate* having a software update break my software. I would rather go through an extra step or two when updating my software if it means I won't get an update that makes the software unusable. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk5yRdYACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVl2gCgy2CaWUTcja0Xr21rgwKHZjwn TGYAnjtsLfh3d0p/vgo8BaVxP8S7TI+T =Y1rx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q--