Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 09:54:26 -0800 (PST) From: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> To: Carmel <carmel_ny@outlook.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, ohauer@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mail/postfix and mail/postfix-current need upgrading In-Reply-To: <BLU437-SMTP152CD18E73D11031A4994080B80@phx.gbl> References: <3f2105db035fe8b639905002c7524b45@mailbox.ijs.si> <COL004-MC5F5JXTVLsc0012d5fd@COL004-MC5F5.hotmail.com> <BLU436-SMTP54E8D53D277473BD3FD9F480A70@phx.gbl> <7e27caa45fc106483ba96488a07ca1ee@mailbox.ijs.si> <BLU437-SMTP152CD18E73D11031A4994080B80@phx.gbl>
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> \mail\postfix-XXX Older versions of Postfix > \mail\postfix-stable Latest stable version of Postfix > \mail\postfix-current Experimental version of Postfix Based on the goal of user-friendliness and principle of least surprise I'd vote for changing -current to -experimental. It is a FreeBSD naming convention for -current to mean experimental (alpha, rc, ...) but for those who are not regularly involved with the FreeBSD release cycle this is not intuitive. Longer-term at least, there is user-friendliness to be gained by switching to a more descriptive name than -current to describe pre-released software. Note also that Wietse uses FreeBSD and usually follows BSD naming conventions but has chosen not to in this case. IMO, Roger > > As each "experimental" becomes stable, it is given a "postfix-stable" > designation and the old stable release is given a "postfix-XXX" > designation. The new postfix experimental release then assumes the > "postfix-current" title. > > My only concern with changing the name "postfix-current" to > "postfix-devel" or whatever is for historical purposes. I have always > known it by the latter designations plus I am not sure if it would > cause a problem in the ports system if it were to be renamed. > > In any case, the "postfix" ports were always kept up-to-date in virtual > real time. Now they seem to lag behind. I am unsure as to what has > happened. > > -- > Carmel
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