Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:05:35 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Release schedules Message-ID: <4944077F.9000701@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20081212155145.1618810a@scorpio> References: <200811121259.25046.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-questions@hst.org.za> <20081112120147.GA62386@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <f2c294a10812120920l4d11bebfgd5c9208336b075b@mail.gmail.com> <18754.42851.295211.155980@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <4ad871310812121028m4e368da4n69e06d592e312eb0@mail.gmail.com> <26ddd1750812121113o1590d54r9962ec3d22a20bdb@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310812121128y18db1c19n8aa45dcc75794739@mail.gmail.com> <26ddd1750812121149r6581ace1gec21e415afe3deca@mail.gmail.com> <f2c294a10812121220r78835060n5ed756051e92d916@mail.gmail.com> <20081212155145.1618810a@scorpio>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig57E53217F0B29EDE68D8538B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jerry wrote: > My biggest gripe with the entire update schedule is that the ports > freeze has been frozen longer than my wife. Maybe having two separate > ports, one for the current version and one for the RC? version might > work better. I have never fully understood why the ports had to be > frozen anyway. Why can there not be two separate entities, the current > version and the beta one? Ports aren't actually frozen at the moment. Neither are they completely open for any sort of updates. Instead they're in a 'slush' -- no sweepin= g changes permitted, no major changes to the infrastructure (ie. bsd.ports.= mk, that sort of thing). This allows the RELEASE_7_1_0 tag to be slid forwar= d in the event of critical or security updates to specific ports. For instanc= e, see: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/databases/phpmyadmin/Makefile= ?only_with_tag=3DRELEASE_7_1_0 That update was committed two days ago, and as it's a security update it = has been tagged as RELEASE_7_1_0, so will in principle appear on the 7.1-isos= =2E (I can't remember if phpmyadmin actually is one of the packages available on= the install CDs or not. Given its popularity, quite possibly.) Docs are in a similar 'slush' state, but in this case it's primarily to a= llow the various translation teams to synch the various language versions to t= he original language the docco was written in (almost always English, but no= t entirely) Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig57E53217F0B29EDE68D8538B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAklEB4UACgkQ8Mjk52CukIx7hwCggSj46Zigeb0DsSNXX1LdRTL6 p2kAnjUaN91OmX0l42iVT5nD3M55WeRS =LMR/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig57E53217F0B29EDE68D8538B--
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