Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 20:34:23 +0200 From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> To: Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, pkg@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, Mathieu Arnold <mat@mat.cc> Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] pkg(8) is now the only package management tool Message-ID: <20140903183422.GF57121@e-new.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <5407311C.5070903@sorbs.net> References: <54052DFA.4030808@freebsd.org> <54053372.6020009@my.hennepintech.edu> <5405890F.8080804@freebsd.org> <CAF-3MvNBWSEWF-HarwF0xcXQgo=7-dO%2BtvLMO1maELPY0RVhQQ@mail.gmail.com> <20140902125256.Horde.uv31ztwymThxUZ-OYPQoBw1@webmail.df.eu> <5405AE54.60809@sorbs.net> <AA960EEA3FCA297785076DB2@ogg.in.absolight.net> <5407276D.3050200@sorbs.net> <9DAF63F1F61E0FC2F6B237BD@ogg.in.absolight.net> <5407311C.5070903@sorbs.net>
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--kb0TSCuX821Ar6UT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 05:17:48PM +0200, Michelle Sullivan wrote: > Mathieu Arnold wrote: > > +--On 3 septembre 2014 16:36:29 +0200 Michelle Sullivan > > <michelle@sorbs.net> wrote: > > | Mathieu Arnold wrote: > > |> I still don't see what you have to say about what EOL mean, it's *En= d Of > > |> Life* meaning after, it is dead, and won't exist any more. > > |>=20 > > |> =20 > > | Ahh so all those Windows XP servers are dead and don't work anymore... > > > > Not at all, but you don't update them any more. > > > > =20 > Actually you do, but it does nothing... just like freebsd-update on any > EOL release... >=20 > Microsoft didn't release a patch that would change the base system so > you can no longer install any software... They just stopped providing > updates, then later stopped providing security updates. Same for FreeBSD and pkg_*. Stay with status quo, use pkg_* with the last tagged version of the ports tree that works with pkg_* or switch to pkg and be happy like the rest of us. --kb0TSCuX821Ar6UT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) iQF8BAEBCgBmBQJUB18uXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ4RjQwMDE3RTRERjUzMTI1N0FGRTUxNDlF NTRDQjM3RDNBMDg5RDZEAAoJEOVMs306CJ1tabsIAJ4weLg9YkfoV0bYtgERt7OY MrjOmHOsUZpeZ+7AN4FuTgDHXr1ilhC9rrp3tYdsKYRrUjJZZAaaHYS36fmJbFfU fvHrMVJ+v/RD0untC6rS/uBIrYxBsSG8xUtlTNlFeOuiXgFYEHxF1drTCt9SkK2w +X6XTOms5ynCNZIYG+UnX86a0yV63Emy8XDpDGtEYAaQcm7B5M3RAUzIrxz1YcaD mNDHPz8ow2cnSrZ61dT3akPqxJXdlYtRonDRKu2+3nrmqytq0gU160yMuY5Ewdmu j9ZpcEXPjfge8GvRAjRUvScSB1OxdpB4agcOX+G9ZQwdaJeJMaLWsxaTe/+3Tls= =jMHl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kb0TSCuX821Ar6UT--
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