From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 16 12:20:57 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E773916A404 for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 12:20:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8295C13C448 for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 12:20:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.28]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 16 May 2007 08:20:57 -0400 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.8.3-GA) with ESMTP id IQX84176; Wed, 16 May 2007 08:20:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 65-78-26-179.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([65.78.26.179]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 16 May 2007 08:20:48 -0400 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17994.63265.507739.299793@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 08:20:49 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <20070516081534.GA1533@home> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta27) "fiddleheads" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Subject: Re: ports updates X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 12:20:58 -0000 Paul Fraser writes: > > Why ports updates recently occur so seldom? > > The ports tree is currently frozen for the merge of a new Xorg > release. Things should return to normal shortly. Probably not, in the statistical sense. :-) Not only will there be the X upgrade, for all that affects, but the backlog of other ports comparable to a major version change, Robert Huff