From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 10 1:52:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBB3137B422 for ; Thu, 10 May 2001 01:52:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rasputin@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 14xmBL-0007dy-00; Thu, 10 May 2001 09:52:23 +0100 Received: (from rasputin@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f4A8qJW81861; Thu, 10 May 2001 09:52:19 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rasputin) Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 09:52:19 +0100 From: Rasputin To: dannyman Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (long) upgrade kit for 3.x ports?! Message-ID: <20010510095219.A81644@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Reply-To: Rasputin References: <20010509140838.C17000@dell.dannyland.org> <200105100026.RAA04754@usr06.primenet.com> <20010509180154.E17000@dell.dannyland.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20010509180154.E17000@dell.dannyland.org>; from dannyman@toldme.com on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 06:01:54PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * dannyman [010510 02:04]: > On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 12:24:44AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > I mean, 3.5 was released LESS THAN ONE YEAR AGO and now I am FORCED TO > UPGRADE if I want to install a single piece of software?! That strikes me as > pointlessly fascist. > > *sigh* I can imagine it's a pain in the ass, but if 5.0's ever going to ship, I suppose the development team needs to take time from something to devote to it. Surely if you're getting the ports updated, you could just update the system the same way (cvs)? (Sorry if it's a blindingly obvious reason, but my first coffee of the morning is sat waiting to be drunk, so my brain hasn't woken up yet) -- "Adopted kids are such a pain -- you have to teach them how to look like you ..." -- Gilda Radner Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message