Hi! > > There's a blog post from one of the folks that explains the > > idea behind that 'fast update' mode of operations, and yes, > > he's doing real work.
> > http://blog.koehntopp.info/index.php/1776-rolling-out-patches-and-changes-often-and-fast/ > That is ONE kind of installation. Well, there's the thinking that in the not-to-far future, everything is connected, and you'll need to be able to update at any time because of whatever security/threat that IT ecosystem throws at you. > It DOES NOT WORK when th most you can upgrade a customer system is > once a year or once every two years. The 'other side' of the debate thinks: Well, if they think this is the way to do it, they have a problem and need to change their procedures. The viewpoint is: That system can start debating with the next worm/trojan coming along, but that won't help. The assumption is: everything is connected/on the internet, and not even voluntarily. Think connected cars, IoT etc. > I will add that such users would help their own case by fixing such > issues and feeding the changes back to their branches upstream, > thus helping maintain the branch. Maybe we could have a system of > "corporate sponsors" for these branches. Given the state of fundraising in open source, I doubt that this will be viable. -- [email protected] +49 171 3101372 3 years to go ! _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
