From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Aug 28 20:46:24 2014
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115])
 (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (No client certificate requested)
 by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 78CCE474
 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:46:24 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from na01-bn1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com
 (mail-bn1blp0188.outbound.protection.outlook.com [207.46.163.188])
 (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (Client CN "mail.protection.outlook.com",
 Issuer "MSIT Machine Auth CA 2" (verified OK))
 by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 122651E81
 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:46:22 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from [IPv6:2601:2:4780:2fd:3cfa:1b41:db29:34df]
 (2601:2:4780:2fd:3cfa:1b41:db29:34df) by
 BY1PR0301MB0840.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (25.160.193.146) with Microsoft
 SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1019.16; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:31:27 +0000
Message-ID: <53FF9198.2000205@my.hennepintech.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:31:20 -0500
From: Andrew Berg <aberg010@my.hennepintech.edu>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64;
 rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: Ports question ....
References: <53FF8675.2070009@hiwaay.net> <53FF8860.8000405@gmail.com>
 <53FF8E28.2010308@hiwaay.net>
In-Reply-To: <53FF8E28.2010308@hiwaay.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Originating-IP: [2601:2:4780:2fd:3cfa:1b41:db29:34df]
X-ClientProxiedBy: BN3PR0301CA0004.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (25.160.180.142)
 To BY1PR0301MB0840.namprd03.prod.outlook.com
 (25.160.193.146)
X-Microsoft-Antispam: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;UriScan:;
X-Forefront-PRVS: 031763BCAF
X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: SFV:NSPM;
 SFS:(6009001)(51704005)(189002)(199003)(24454002)(51444003)(23676002)(92726001)(90102001)(4396001)(74502001)(92566001)(65956001)(65806001)(80022001)(87976001)(15202345003)(88552001)(79102001)(105586002)(74662001)(31966008)(106356001)(95666004)(89122001)(76482001)(77982001)(110136001)(50466002)(85852003)(20776003)(47776003)(83072002)(33656002)(101416001)(102836001)(64706001)(107046002)(2351001)(46102001)(107886001)(42186005)(59896002)(83506001)(15975445006)(80316001)(83322001)(19580395003)(85306004)(77096002)(54356999)(99396002)(50986999)(64126003)(81542001)(21056001)(75432001)(76176999)(87266999)(65816999)(86362001)(81342001)(89472002)(3826002);
 DIR:OUT; SFP:; SCL:1; SRVR:BY1PR0301MB0840;
 H:[IPv6:2601:2:4780:2fd:3cfa:1b41:db29:34df]; FPR:; MLV:nov; PTR:InfoNoRecords;
 MX:1; A:0; LANG:en; 
X-OriginatorOrg: my.hennepintech.edu
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, 
 <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
 <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:46:24 -0000

On 2014.08.28 15:16, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> 
> 
> I think that is what I am asking .... To be more precise, how often 
> should I check to see if it is updated, weekly, monthly, other .... I 
> guess that is the nub of the question ....
The ports tree is updated whenever someone makes a commit to update/fix a port,
or to update/fix the ports infrastructure. Given its size, this means frequency
is on the order of minutes. Portsnap and Subversion will both list any changes
you pull in when you update your copy.

http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/?sortby=date#dirlist