On Sunday 04 December 2005 03:41, the author Kiffin Gish contributed to the dialogue on- Re: How often portupgrades?:
>On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 17:51 -0800, Vizion wrote: >> On Saturday 24 December 2005 11:29, the author Kiffin Gish contributed to >> the dialogue on- >> >> How often portupgrades?: >> >Just wondering what a good rule of thumb is in how often to run >> > portupgrades. >> > >> >I figure that once a week should be sufficient, however each time it runs >> > it can take up to a few hours to complete which seems like an >> > unnecessary hassle to me. Once it even started rebuilding the complete >> > gnome port which took a couple days! >> > >> >Is this worthwhile? What are the benefits? >> > >> >Thanks alot in advance. >> >> You pays yr processing time and makes yr choice :-) >> >> I have been using freebsd for quite a long time and I find that sometimes >> I am constantly upgrading a machine which is being used for development >> something and then when I just need systems to carry on doing the same >> thing day after day I get into the if it aint broke dont fix it mode! Then >> a new >> application/need comes along and the cycle starts over again! >> >> david > >Then one seriously wonders what the benefit is of upgraded more than >once every few months or so. When I am developing I need system to check against the very latest (which means portupgrading daily) and to be able step backwards as well. When I am not developing then I am happy to cruise. -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after completing engineroom refit. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
