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From: Rico Secada <coolzone@io.dk>
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Subject: Regarding updating packages
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Hi

Why is it that the binary files are so long about being updated?

On OpenBSD and on most major GNU/Linux distros the binary packages are updated very quickly. I am asking the question to understand the reason behind the FreeBSD choice to give this a low priority.

Best regards.

Rico