From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Fri Jul 12 08:42:48 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EFA015E9D96 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:42:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hausen@punkt.de) Received: from kagate.punkt.de (kagate.punkt.de [217.29.33.131]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F0CF88AFF9 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:42:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hausen@punkt.de) Received: from hugo10.ka.punkt.de (hugo10.ka.punkt.de [217.29.44.10]) by gate2.intern.punkt.de with ESMTP id x6C8gXSh081190; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:42:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.29.44.222] ([217.29.44.222]) by hugo10.ka.punkt.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id x6C8gXNT066036; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:42:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from hausen@punkt.de) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.11\)) Subject: Re: ffmpeg port From: "Patrick M. Hausen" In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:42:33 +0200 Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <31A41EBB-0839-4DAC-8922-EBBFAC5BF432@punkt.de> References: <2288dfa5-0ec0-d1f5-eeca-066260604c22@aventia.pw> <1ryy-rtgr-wny@FreeBSD.org> <95f2326f-8431-804d-1439-40dbc28f71a0@malikania.fr> To: David Demelier X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.11) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: F0CF88AFF9 X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of hausen@punkt.de designates 217.29.33.131 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=hausen@punkt.de X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.50 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.89)[-0.886,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:217.29.32.0/20]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[punkt.de]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.99)[-0.988,0]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[mailin.pluspunkthosting.de,mailin.pluspunkthosting.de]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[131.33.29.217.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.10.0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.66)[-0.665,0]; IP_SCORE(-0.16)[ipnet: 217.29.32.0/20(-0.43), asn: 16188(-0.34), country: DE(-0.01)]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16188, ipnet:217.29.32.0/20, country:DE]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:42:48 -0000 Hi! > Am 12.07.2019 um 10:34 schrieb David Demelier : > I'm not sure how can a LTS branch that you usually never update = (except CVE, security fixes) take more time than quarterly branches that = you need to recreate every 3 months and do some merges. The problem is that you need to backport security patches that you don=E2=80=99t get from upstream. E.g. for PHP 5.6. As far as the PHP = project is concerned the bugfix for PHP 5.6 is PHP 7.x and PHP 5.6 is dead. If you create an LTS branch with that older version there is the = implicit promise that it will be maintained. Redhat does this. I don=E2=80=99t know how large their department for = backporting is but i guess it is =E2=80=9Ehuge=E2=80=9C. Patrick --=20 punkt.de GmbH Internet - Dienstleistungen - Beratung Kaiserallee 13a Tel.: 0721 9109-0 Fax: -100 76133 Karlsruhe info@punkt.de http://punkt.de AG Mannheim 108285 Gf: Juergen Egeling