From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 28 13:24:22 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AFE81065676; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:24:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) Received: from mout0.freenet.de (mout0.freenet.de [IPv6:2001:748:100:40::2:2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31B7A8FC16; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:24:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [195.4.92.16] (helo=6.mx.freenet.de) by mout0.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.70 #1) id 1N38Vg-0004nM-Ro; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:24:20 +0100 Received: from t9ec3.t.pppool.de ([89.55.158.195]:42841 helo=ernst.jennejohn.org) by 6.mx.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.69 #94) id 1N38Vg-0001kP-Kk; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:24:20 +0100 Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:24:19 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Adrian Glaubitz Message-ID: <20091028142419.7bb8d7a1@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <1e6df7760910280556q3d9f0394t87b192fbbbf9adad@mail.gmail.com> References: <4AE79A4E.3070404@googlemail.com> <11167f520910271955q45c4109dqd2ada4959ce58db8@mail.gmail.com> <1e6df7760910280245y7717d74cn4cefc6a581c6260f@mail.gmail.com> <20091028134640.58eb3cb9@ernst.jennejohn.org> <1e6df7760910280556q3d9f0394t87b192fbbbf9adad@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.2; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: sfourman@gmail.com, ports@freebsd.org, kmoore@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: qtcreator-1.2.1: Not installable X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:24:22 -0000 On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:56:25 +0100 Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Gary Jennejohn > wrote: > > The qtcreator port was created on May 7, 2009. Seems to me that 7.2R > > is older than that. Obviously, qtcreator can't exist for 7.2R if the > > port didn't exist when it was released. > > Well, ok. Seems another case of "different systems, different > philosophies" here for me. > > My idea was that I was downloading the latest STABLE release of > FreeBSD and I assumed that the ports directory always applies to the > current STABLE version, noone should use a development version for > daily use, should one. > > Besides, the ports website doesn't list at all what versions of > FreeBSD include this port as opposed to Debian, for example; I don't > want to start a flamewar though. It's not really user-friendly, is it. > > I guess the minimum for my project will be FreeBSD 8.0 then. > Here's the URI you specified: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7.2-release/Latest/qtcreator.tbz ^^^^^^^ release != stable The ports tree changes very quickly. Ports binaries for releases are created from a snapshot of the ports tree at the time of the release. Anything else is basically impossible. --- Gary Jennejohn