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Date:      Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:22:54 +0700
From:      Erich <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        Chris Nehren <apeiron+freebsd-stable@isuckatdomains.net>
Subject:   Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <4069760.8WmX7zQx9F@x220.ovitrap.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120602185601.GD2309@isuckatdomains.members.linode.com>
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Hi,

On 02 June 2012 PM 2:56:01 Chris Nehren wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 14:11:06 -0400 , Paul Mather wrote:
> > I'm not sure what the solution is for the end user.  I know I get
> > somewhat leery of updating my ports if I see a large number of changes
> > coming via portsnap (like the 4000+ that accompanied the recent libpng
> > upgrade) and there is nothing new in UPDATING (which, happily wasn't
> > the case with the libpng upgrade).  Usually, I wait a while for the
> > dust to clear and an UPDATING entry potentially to appear.
> 
> If you're concerned about things breaking, don't follow the bleeding
> edge. This seems to be common sense.

is there a second version of the ports tree available?

What is the response of the list if you want to install a new package with you old ports tree?

Erich



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