Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 17:20:26 -0500
From: ajtiM lum...@gmail.com
To: Polytropon free...@edvax.de
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: before new version
Message-ID: 201211031720.27182.lum...@gmail.com
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On Saturday 03 November 2012 14:11:22 you wrote:
BTW: packages are almost all the time outdated.
The packages in the RELEASE directory and on the installation
media meet the frozen ports tree (frozen _prior_ to the release
date), so yes, they are a bit outdated, but they are considered
mostly stable and usable when in use with what is distributed.
On the server, both _those_ packages _and_ those in Latest/ (which
are periodically built from the advancing ports tree after the
release date) are often considered not _that_ current as if you
would use CVS or SVN to obtain the bleeding edge latest ports
tree and build from source.
I didn't complain about bleeding edge sofware which we anywhere don't
have
(Gimp, Xorg, LibreOffice and all dependencies for those applications and
more
and more which I don't use and I don't need) but I complain about freezing
ports too early before new release came out and after that rebuilt 5000
ports
for example just because png new version is coming out. Or am I wrong?
So yes, you could say what you said. :-)
Mitja
http://www.redbubble.com/people/lumiwa
Your complaint seems to be unfair to me as this is the first time -- as
far as I remember -- that the ports freeze was implemented only for RC2
but not already for RC1. So, the tree is certainly not frozen too
early.
C-S
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