On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 09:14:55 +0100, Matthias Andree stated: > Jerry <je...@seibercom.net> schrieb: > >The ports latest version of CUPS is 1.5.4; however version 1.7.0 has > >been out since 10/24/13. Is there any possibility that the latest > >version will make it into the ports system soon? > > > Careful with what you are asking for, have you checked the upstream > change logs? 1.6 already broke some aspects of compatibility > massively w.r.t. distributed printing or differing CUPS versions in > your LAN.
Well, almost any updated software has the potential to break something, CUPS being no exception. However, those cases are not the norm and the fact that in a few edge cases problems have been discovered is not a sound reason for unilaterally failing to include the new version in the posts system. There have been numerous cases where a new version of a port was introduced into the system. In many of those cases workarounds were introduced to allow the user to continue with the older version or update to the newer one. I fail to see why that would not be acceptable in this instance. In any case, how do you propose to find problems with a new product if it is not tested in a real environment? In a worse case scenario, a new port, perhaps "cups-devel" could be created. -- Jerry {Please don't CC me. I am on the list.} _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"