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From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
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On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 11:41:22PM +0100, Pietro Cerutti wrote:
> On 1/16/07, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> wrote:
> >
> > So i am just advocating to keep the "stable" version around while
> > the "current" one becomes stable enough.
> 
> You can get that port back to a specific date (e.g. with
> sysutils/portdowngrade) and reinstall the version which better applies
> your needs.

which is what i did - but it is an annoyance and not something
that the average user wants/knows how to do.

That is the reason why we have -stable and -current after all.

luigi