Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 14:23:22 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Joseph Mallett <jmallett@newgold.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, dannyman <dannyman@toldme.com> Subject: Re: (long) upgrade kit for 3.x ports?! Message-ID: <p05100308b7203779c364@[194.78.241.123]> In-Reply-To: <20010509180154.E17000@dell.dannyland.org> References: <20010509140838.C17000@dell.dannyland.org> <200105100026.RAA04754@usr06.primenet.com> <20010509180154.E17000@dell.dannyland.org>
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At 6:01 PM -0700 5/9/01, dannyman wrote:
> How convenient that the Postfix port does not go out of its way to remove
> compatability logic explicitly added for what is by now an "unsupported"
> version of FreeBSD, even though the ports tree REFUSES to be compatible with
> said version of FreeBSD.
Each port maintainer is free to make whatever changes they want
in the way they support their port, and for which version of which
OS. Just because the postfix port does something you do (or do not)
like, does not mean that all the other 5000+ ports have to do (or
must not do) the same.
> , I have used bleeding-edge ports tree on truly ancient boxen for years.
And they guy who had a German 75mm mortar shell left over from
WWII and was using it as a sword sharpener every day for fifty-five
years didn't have any problems, until the day it blew up on him.
Just because you do something incredibly stupid and get away with
it, doesn't mean that the thing isn't incredibly stupid to begin with.
> I mean, 3.5 was released LESS THAN ONE YEAR AGO and now I am FORCED TO
> UPGRADE if I want to install a single piece of software?! That strikes me as
> pointlessly fascist.
Repeat after me:
Ports must be no later than OS.
Ports must be no later than OS.
Ports must be no later than OS.
Now, if you want to upgrade your version of /usr/ports on a daily
basis, I would suggest that you also upgrade the OS on a daily basis,
so that they stay in sync.
Otherwise, you get what you ask for.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
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