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Date:      Tue, 2 Mar 1999 18:47:09 -0500 (EST)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu>, Adam Turoff <aturoff@isinet.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bsd vs. linux and NT chart
Message-ID:  <Pine.HPP.3.96.990302184336.15511A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990302161355.00ad66b0@localhost>

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On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Brett Glass wrote:

> Yes, 2.2.6 is less than a year old, so there SHOULD be a ports tree for it. 
> There's nothing more frustrating than running /stand/sysinstall to grab a port
> and discovering that the ports for your version are gone only a few months
> after you installed. 

$ cvs co -rRELEASE_2_2_6 ports

There, ports support for 2.2.6

You can't move forward and hold to old releases forever, what was released
is still supported inasmuch that it still exists, but maintaining 3 trees
is unrealistic.

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