From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 25 08:09:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFE4816A4CE for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:09:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de (mail.dt.e-technik.Uni-Dortmund.DE [129.217.163.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5554743D1F for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:09:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])3BE3D453E6; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:09:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (krusty [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 03854-02-6; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:09:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from m2a2.dyndns.org (p548545DD.dip.t-dialin.net [84.133.69.221]) E8DA545386; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:09:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by merlin.emma.line.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F75AD2B46; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:09:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from merlin.emma.line.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (m2a2.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 20923-03; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:09:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: by merlin.emma.line.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id E743DD220C; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:09:52 +0200 (CEST) To: Roman Kennke In-Reply-To: <1098641975.705.10.camel@moonlight> (Roman Kennke's message of "Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:19:36 +0200") References: <1098641975.705.10.camel@moonlight> From: Matthias Andree Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:09:52 +0200 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELEASE_X_Y_Z branches/tags maintained?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:09:57 -0000 Roman Kennke writes: > Hello list, > > I have a question regarding the branches/tags of the ports tree for > stable releases. Are they in any way maintained. For instance I would > like to see security fixes and corrections like changed download URLs be > committed there. I, as a port maintainer, am not too fond of maintaining a separate branch (actually, three, one for 4.10, one for 5.3, one for all three of 4-STABLE, 5-STABLE and 6-CURRENT) of the ports tree for "stable" machines. You might offer a pool of fast machines running your favorite release version to porters and committers so someone might be able to test his ports on a second machine... > I would _not_ like to see major updates be committed > there, so that this can be seen as a stable release for the ports > tree. Then see if you like OpenBSD more, it appears as though the ports tree was subject to the release cycle there, but don't quote me on that. -- Matthias Andree