From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 27 00:32:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDC8937B401 for ; Tue, 27 May 2003 00:32:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-4.hut.fi (smtp-4.hut.fi [130.233.228.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C3BC43F3F for ; Tue, 27 May 2003 00:32:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhuvinen@lyta.hut.fi) Received: from lyta.hut.fi (lyta.hut.fi [130.233.228.21]) by smtp-4.hut.fi (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4R7WoN4012418 for ; Tue, 27 May 2003 10:32:50 +0300 Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 10:32:50 +0300 (EET DST) From: Jukka Huvinen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200305261444.59364.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Message-ID: References: <3ED12C07.4080102@chez.com> <200305260127.12625.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <200305261444.59364.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.3(snapshot 20030212) (smtp-4.hut.fi) X-DCC-HUTCC-Metrics: smtp-4.hut.fi 1165; Body=1 Fuz1=1 Fuz2=1 Subject: Re: Tracking 4-stable rather than 4.8-stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 07:32:54 -0000 On Mon, 26 May 2003, Michael Nottebrock wrote: (...) > So the "stable" packages are not build from a (nonexistent) RELENG_4 ports > collection, they just represent a snapshot of the ports collection at a time > where FreeBSD's RELENG_4 branch itself is -STABLE (as in uname -a output). As > you can see in that ftp directory, this works in a similar fashion for > 5.0-RELEASE vs. 5-CURRENT. Ok. Now I understand this, finally. ;) The reason why I would go for a little older package "snapshot", is that those packages would be all available. Unfortunately, the current tree does not have all ports available as packages. But if I go to an older ports snaphot (e.g. using the time tag), those are not available either as a complete collection of packages (except for releases). A complete and recent snaphot of both tree and packages would be nice... So, just use the current and get what I can and the rest from sources. Thanks for all replies! -- Jukka