Re: apps update from ports

2010-07-27 Thread Paul Macdonald
I was wondering about your update strategy. Do you update your apps as soon as a new version is available in the ports ? Or do you follow the if it works, don't touch it strategy ? I'm guessing portupgrade is your preferred way of doing this hence, do you also choose -P or -PP ? I update

Re: apps update from ports

2010-07-27 Thread b. f.
I was wondering about your update strategy. Do you update your apps as soon as a new version is available in the ports ? Or do you follow the if it works, don't touch it strategy ? There is no one strategy that pleases everyone. You'll have to consider the time required to perform updates

Re: apps update from ports

2010-07-27 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:16:15 +0200, claudiu vasadi claudiu.vas...@gmail.com wrote: Hello fellas, I was wondering about your update strategy. Do you update your apps as soon as a new version is available in the ports ? Or do you follow the if it works, don't touch it strategy ? I think you

Re: apps update from ports

2010-07-27 Thread David Brodbeck
On Jul 27, 2010, at 10:53 AM, Polytropon wrote: For servers, especially where I run critical apps, I follow the bugs and announce lists (of the installed programs) to decide if an update is required due to security reasons, then I update. I find the VuXML FreeBSD RSS feed to be quite handy

Re: apps update from ports

2010-07-27 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Polytropon on Tuesday, 27 July 2010: On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:16:15 +0200, claudiu vasadi claudiu.vas...@gmail.com wrote: Finally, when I want to test out new features, both in OS and applications, I usually go with bleeding edge. I'm often surprised to see how well things do work.

apps update from ports

2010-07-26 Thread claudiu vasadi
Hello fellas, I was wondering about your update strategy. Do you update your apps as soon as a new version is available in the ports ? Or do you follow the if it works, don't touch it strategy ? I'm guessing portupgrade is your preferred way of doing this hence, do you also choose -P or -PP ?