From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 16 15:40: 8 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 16 15:40:06 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sanson.reyes.somos.net (freyes.static.inch.com [216.223.199.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90F0F37B400 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 15:40:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from tomasa (tomasa.reyes.somos.net [10.0.0.11]) by sanson.reyes.somos.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA90841; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:34:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from fran@reyes.somos.net) Message-Id: <200012162334.SAA90841@sanson.reyes.somos.net> From: "Francisco Reyes" To: "Doug Young" Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:24:51 -0500 Reply-To: "Francisco Reyes" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.10.2010) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) In-Reply-To: <001301c067a6$e9d5aa20$847e03cb@apana.org.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: where have all the ports & sysinstall packages gone ?? Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 17 Dec 2000 07:26:48 +1000, Doug Young wrote: >Is the main reason for CVS simply to "fix" bugs in the ports that have been >changed for some reason ?? CVSup is a way to keep something under version control. The reason for changes can be both fixes and enhancements (i.e. a new version of the program) >If so, what happens with sysinstall packages on a >CD that people have downloaded / purchased / whatever They are the older versions. For many packages this is a non-issue. I commonly just like to get the latest so rarely ever look at the CDs anymore. francisco Moderator of the Corporate BSD list http://www.egroups.com/group/BSD_Corporate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message