Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:20:36 +0200 From: Roman Kennke <roman@ontographics.com> To: Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELEASE_X_Y_Z branches/tags maintained?? Message-ID: <1098692436.666.17.camel@moonlight> In-Reply-To: <m3sm83z0a7.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> References: <1098641975.705.10.camel@moonlight> <m3sm83z0a7.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org>
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Am Mo, den 25.10.2004 schrieb Matthias Andree um 10:09: > Roman Kennke <roman@ontographics.com> 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... yes, this would be a requirement. Unfortunately as a poor student I do not own or have access to such machines :-( > > 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. Yeah, I know. But I do not like OpenBSD more. I would rather like to see my favorite OS improved ;-) /Roman
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