From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 1 13:58:58 2007 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 6F25A16A419 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:58:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thierry@pompo.net) Received: from ella.lautre.net (ella.lautre.net [80.67.160.76]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 351F413C461 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:58:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thierry@pompo.net) Received: from graf.pompo.net (graf.pompo.net [81.56.186.139]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx.lautre.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 663BF4C1D8 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 14:58:45 +0100 (CET) Received: by graf.pompo.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7622211430; Sat, 1 Dec 2007 14:58:21 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 14:58:21 +0100 From: Thierry Thomas To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071201135821.GK22121@graf.pompo.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <33640.194.74.82.3.1196149681.squirrel@galain.elvandar.org> <4750F55B.9030604@highperformance.net> <200712010308.43873.david@vizion2000.net> <200712010514.55274.david@vizion2000.net> <20071201132508.GA33039@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071201132508.GA33039@owl.midgard.homeip.net> X-Face: (hRbQnK~Pt7$ct`!fupO(`y_WL4^-Iwn4@ly-.,[4xC4xc; y=\ipKMNm<1J>lv@PP~7Z<.t KjAnXLs: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-BETA2 i386 Organization: Kabbale Eros X-PGP: 0xC71405A2 Subject: Re: duration of the ports freeze 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: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:58:58 -0000 On Sat 1 dec 07 at 14:25:08 +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: > The ports freeze is intended to make sure the ports tree is in a stable and > well tested state for the release. Updating major ports always carry a > great risk of breaking things thus defeating the point of the freeze. Anyway, if the freeze is too long, and if the new version is released several weeks after the thaw, very few will install these packages: a lot of updates will be committed, and many users will update their ports tree to install the new versions. This is very difficult to find a good compromise! -- Th. Thomas.