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. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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