From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 4 22:54:54 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE99AE82 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2012 22:54:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from c-s@c-s.li) Received: from mail.319.ch (319.ch [88.198.108.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A11368FC0A for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2012 22:54:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.319.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 265DA18CC83; Sun, 4 Nov 2012 23:54:46 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.319.ch ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (maia.319.ch [127.0.0.1]) (maiad, port 10024) with ESMTP id 62272-06; Sun, 4 Nov 2012 23:54:43 +0100 (CET) Received: from webmail.319.ch (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (Authenticated sender: c-s@c-s.li) by mail.319.ch (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B120518CC76; Sun, 4 Nov 2012 23:54:43 +0100 (CET) Received: from 84.72.44.58 (SquirrelMail authenticated user c-s@c-s.li) by webmail.319.ch with HTTP; Sun, 4 Nov 2012 23:54:43 +0100 Message-ID: <764496f5fc7030dda4858c30b87e4750.squirrel@webmail.319.ch> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 23:54:43 +0100 Subject: Re: before new version From: "C-S" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard Cc: lumiwa@gmail.com X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:54:55 -0000 > Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 17:20:26 -0500 > From: ajtiM > To: Polytropon > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: before new version > Message-ID: <201211031720.27182.lumiwa@gmail.com> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Saturday 03 November 2012 14:11:22 you wrote: > >> > BTW: packages are almost all the time outdated. >> >> The packages in the RELEASE directory and on the installation >> media meet the frozen ports tree (frozen _prior_ to the release >> date), so yes, they are a bit outdated, but they are considered >> "mostly stable and usable" when in use with what is distributed. >> On the server, both _those_ packages _and_ those in Latest/ (which >> are periodically built from the "advancing" ports tree after the >> release date) are often considered not _that_ current as if you >> would use CVS or SVN to obtain the "bleeding edge" latest ports >> tree and build from source. >> > > I didn't complain about "bleeding edge" sofware which we anywhere don't > have > (Gimp, Xorg, LibreOffice and all dependencies for those applications and > more > and more which I don't use and I don't need) but I complain about freezing > ports too early before new release came out and after that rebuilt 5000 > ports > for example just because png new version is coming out. Or am I wrong? > > >> So yes, you could say what you said. :-) > > Mitja > -------- > http://www.redbubble.com/people/lumiwa > Your complaint seems to be unfair to me as this is the first time -- as far as I remember -- that the ports freeze was implemented only for RC2 but not already for RC1. So, the tree is certainly not frozen "too early."" C-S