Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:29:39 +0200 From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>, Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>, Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingox@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is pkg quarterly really needed? Message-ID: <360ca352-8b8f-ef4e-f92b-99e72a6ba918@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <92d4387e-4515-6e11-1e7f-5cc008eab836@freebsd.org> References: <58F61A8D.1030309@a1poweruser.com> <CALfReyctL3vTt756oyh1ZTf%2BkgpAOHwp_SUZQCFQiZDccFNMow@mail.gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ4naPVfQFEr7Hz%2B9A0_fa5O1V0H%2Butd9eMo02eHPGxehg@mail.gmail.com> <68ad0daa-b1f5-f3a6-f056-dcf2f0047d94@freebsd.org> <CAJ_iqtYCzurer52X5JVsgvDvEeuvAFRPXyYea9=6=rLcmeACsA@mail.gmail.com> <20170420060017.GG74780@home.opsec.eu> <CAJ_iqtZT9zyh-ygCXd7mjs_Gft_bWVp8%2BppvXpJ04LOi0aCwtw@mail.gmail.com> <ce84d8d0-e1fb-f9d0-65e4-1fda17dabdc3@FreeBSD.org> <92d4387e-4515-6e11-1e7f-5cc008eab836@freebsd.org>
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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 <lists@opsec.eu> wrote: >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>>> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 1:30 AM, Julian Elischer >>>>> <julian@freebsd.org> 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
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