From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Thu Apr 20 11:29:43 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 022E7D45F7F for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:29:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mat@FreeBSD.org) Received: from prod2.absolight.net (prod2.absolight.net [79.143.243.136]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "plouf.absolight.net", Issuer "CAcert Class 3 Root" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BC478C60; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:29:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mat@FreeBSD.org) Received: from prod2.absolight.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by prod2.absolight.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9101BDC89; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:29:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ogg.in.absolight.net (ogg.in.absolight.net [79.143.241.239]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by prod2.absolight.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A0A25BDC85; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:29:39 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: Is pkg quarterly really needed? To: Julian Elischer , Mathieu Arnold , Torfinn Ingolfsen , FreeBSD Ports ML References: <58F61A8D.1030309@a1poweruser.com> <68ad0daa-b1f5-f3a6-f056-dcf2f0047d94@freebsd.org> <20170420060017.GG74780@home.opsec.eu> <92d4387e-4515-6e11-1e7f-5cc008eab836@freebsd.org> From: Mathieu Arnold Organization: Absolight / The FreeBSD Foundation Message-ID: <360ca352-8b8f-ef4e-f92b-99e72a6ba918@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:29:39 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <92d4387e-4515-6e11-1e7f-5cc008eab836@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: fr Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:29:43 -0000 Le 20/04/2017 =C3=A0 13:04, Julian Elischer a =C3=A9crit : > On 20/4/17 5:15 pm, Mathieu Arnold wrote: >> Le 20/04/2017 =C3=A0 10:49, Torfinn Ingolfsen a =C3=A9crit : >>> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 8:00 AM, Kurt Jaeger wrote: >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>>> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 1:30 AM, Julian Elischer >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> quarterly however is broken because the pkg mirors discard it all >>>>>> at the >>>>>> time of update. >>>>> Do they have to? >>>>> Why couldn't pkg mirrors keep say, the four latest quarterly sets >>>>> all the time? >>>> Because the URL for the latest quarterly is one stable URL. >>> Obviously this has to be changed. As I wrote: >>> "No extra work involved once the setup is configured and tested". >>> So yes, there is some work needed, but it would be a one-time job. >>> >>> If anyone has any real arguments as to why the FreeBSD project can't >>> do it this way, let's hear them. >>> HTH >> >> I am not exactly sure what you are asking for, to keep the previous, n= ot >> updated, quarterly package repositories ? say, in latest-1 latest-2 >> latest-3... ? >> >> >> What purpose would that serve ? I mean, they would not be updated. > > exactly! that's what is often needed... something that is not updated.= . I still do not understand, if you need something that is not updated, then do not update... --=20 Mathieu Arnold