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On 9/7/11 9:28 PM, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
>> And what we have been trying to explain to you is that this has never
>> been a supported mode of operation. We don't tie the ports tree to
>> specific releases,
> 
> FreeBSD doese "tie the ports tree to specific releases".  We have ports
> freezes before each release, it gets tagged & goes on cdrom images,
> packages get rolled. (Yes,  Not quite the same as src/  )
> 

Packages are tied to a specific release (and are distributed with said
release).  Ports are not.

-- 
Glen Barber