From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 4 10:23:41 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9495A106566C for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 10:23:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-pz0-f54.google.com (mail-pz0-f54.google.com [209.85.210.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62FE68FC08 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 10:23:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by dadv36 with SMTP id v36so5916635dad.13 for ; Mon, 04 Jun 2012 03:23:41 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=LU6kPmnr6IBemkYFBkmQR2kd5Fo7YdrJbftZ0T722nI=; b=GgGv5F5J6DItlMrqMdZWRrKQQecTMCPIMq9loN5vIFRAeMwpK78Qeh6BtS+Wnbmvl6 po4YEyZuQNlqRtSiOn4SLtwGPC9DgjvtEXoVtwyfNFZPqhSil9J7mI4pxTmE3+biAMYw XWOx4/vvzQun8xZ48/kRG0DevHhH8eY6SM78ocX9iM6lpiHODzFpaOPoU/tb/c2YTfx1 9LHlcVdMFXl2qeDbOlz9sF9CbQNEmPKif26D6UxSlEj/hP3xf18x2aPunKiXQUT/BOgS O/WTU+pdpPvemO6S8FQviHO2+hwiGEXIKwnHNP93GKzvWoX8WtZcXXxAS45v/9wserKB q8iw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.223.35 with SMTP id qr3mr39076636pbc.83.1338805420906; Mon, 04 Jun 2012 03:23:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.225.3 with HTTP; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 03:23:40 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.171.158] In-Reply-To: <4FCC893E.2000309@digsys.bg> References: <95D35900-AC63-4948-B54F-40041FFCB232@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <20120602195022.GG5335@home.opsec.eu> <2683532.ZXZgRCPEVi@x220.ovitrap.com> <4FCC893E.2000309@digsys.bg> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 12:23:40 +0200 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Daniel Kalchev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlWhLOkhi1P/tRzlndp1sUnnA5q9DwV+zm1HgbEP+srDifHNZH/N8tZ7WDG7j4FWN2T21z/ Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 10:23:41 -0000 On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Daniel Kalchev wrote: > On 03.06.12 07:24, Erich wrote: >> isn't this what I just suggested to be done by the team? Give the ports >> tree a new version number and people can fall back to this then. >> >> Isn't this solution too simple to be done? > > As was mentioned earlier in this discussion, by virtue of the ports tree > being hosted on CVS, you are able to get a version of the ports there at any > date you chose. Just set > > PORTS_DATE="date=2012.06.01.00.00.00" > > to get the ports tree as it was on midnight 1st of June 2012. You can > specify hours, minutes, seconds if you need. Way more powerful than any > "version number" thing. > > As you can see, this is already available with FreeBSD. A lot more "hidden > gems" are available with FreeBSD. People are just lazy and for the most > part, refuse to learn. This is one aspect FreeBSD could benefit greatly from > more education of the 'users' -- just because it has way more hidden gems > than anything else around. Indeed. And educating users means providing them with appropriate documentation. So how about adding a section to the Handbook with a list of hidden gems? Something like Dru Lavigne's "BSD Hacks" perhaps? > Daniel Regards, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/