RE: interim port versions

2004-10-26 Thread Spiral Eyed Girl
Qucik question: Whats a port freeze? From: Aaron P. Martinez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: interim port versions Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 18:48:18 -0500 I'm new to the bsd's, came from linux and i'm having a bit of difficulty figuring out the general philosophy. One of the major

Re: interim port versions

2004-10-26 Thread Charles Swiger
On Oct 26, 2004, at 3:52 PM, Spiral Eyed Girl wrote: Quick question: Whats a port freeze? Normally, the port committers make changes to the ports tree all of the time, on a continuing basis. A ports freeze occurs to help get the ports tree caught up and avoid making sweeping changes just

Re: interim port versions

2004-10-22 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 06:50:13AM -0700, Randall Foster wrote: I'm new to the bsd's, came from linux and i'm having a bit of difficulty figuring out the general philosophy. One of the major reasons that i decided to try out the 'bsds' is because of the security. I'm having a hard time

Re: interim port versions

2004-10-22 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 06:50:13AM -0700, Randall Foster wrote: I'm new to the bsd's, came from linux and i'm having a bit of difficulty figuring out the general philosophy. One of the major reasons that i decided to try out the 'bsds' is because of the security. I'm having a hard time