From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 9 19:36:32 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AD621065677 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:36:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D9618FC08 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:36:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iadj38 with SMTP id j38so9675351iad.13 for ; Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:36:31 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.117.193 with SMTP id u1mr19029364icq.24.1326137791444; Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:36:31 -0800 (PST) Sender: aimass@yabarana.com Received: by 10.231.77.5 with HTTP; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 11:36:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <07e401cccefb$364338b0$a2c9aa10$@fisglobal.com> References: <07e401cccefb$364338b0$a2c9aa10$@fisglobal.com> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 14:36:31 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 3aYbKo7YVs_Tz1x4GhSN8Ga6l7U Message-ID: From: Alejandro Imass To: Devin Teske Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: alexus , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports vs packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:36:32 -0000 On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Devin Teske wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- [...] > Of course, this is explicit to rather serious production environments. Desktop and casual usage ... ports may serve you better if you like to stay up-to-date rather than only upgrading once every 1-2 years. We think the opposite. Serious production environments should use specifically compiled ports for your needs and create packages from those. In fact we combine this approach with the use of EzJail and flavours. So I guess it all depends on the needs and what a serious production environment means for each company or individual. -- Alejandro Imass