Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 20:22:21 +0900 From: KIRIYAMA Kazuhiko <kiri@truefc.org> To: Richard Childers <childers@redwoodhodling.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Why do packages disappear? Message-ID: <202311241122.3AOBML0p011800@kx.truefc.org> In-Reply-To: <7a0cfebd-9137-435e-910a-3e9641650976@redwoodhodling.com> References: <7a0cfebd-9137-435e-910a-3e9641650976@redwoodhodling.com>
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Hi, Richard On Wed, 22 Nov 2023 00:39:01 +0900, Richard Childers wrote: > > > I was using ungoogled-chromium and I had 60+ tabs that I can now not get > back because ungoogled-chromium has been withdrawn from circulation. > > > why are these packages appearing and disappearing? If it's a package, > it's supposed to be good enough to public use. The experimental stuff is > supposed to stay in the ports section, not be promoted to packages. > > > FreeBSD used to hold itself to a higher standard than Linux; it stood > for STABILITY. Linux stood for EXPERIMENTATION. > > > What happened? Is FreeBSD being run by college kids now? > > > The quality of FreeBSD needs to be detached from the class projects > you're working on to graduate. That's what Linux is for, in my opinion. If you are not reliable FreeBSD package clusters, you should be made packages with yourself. www/ungoogled-chromium (117.0.5938.149_1) has been made with my machine yesterday [1]. > FreeBSD user since 1994. FreeBSD user since 1993 ;-) [1] ftp://ftp.truefc.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages/freebsd/amd64/amd64/15.0C/9b03a5de73d4/9ce8c29b90c7/All/ --- Kazuhiko Kiriyama
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