Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 17:21:10 +0200 From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@mat.cc> To: Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, pkg@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] pkg(8) is now the only package management tool Message-ID: <562F5E76969DAAFC2106C9EC@ogg.in.absolight.net> In-Reply-To: <5407311C.5070903@sorbs.net> References: <20140901195520.GB77917@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <54050D07.4010404@sorbs.net> <CAOFF%2BZ1MOr9-rYbwHYWqBKjMvRPwUnew4jThEoJ_WkoTmwyNsQ@mail.gmail.com> <540522A3.9050506@sorbs.net> <54052891.5000104@my.hennepintech.edu> <54052DFA.4030808@freebsd.org> <54053372.6020009@my.hennepintech.edu> <5405890F.8080804@freebsd.org> <CAF-3MvNBWSEWF-HarwF0xcXQgo=7-dO%2BtvLMO1maELPY0RVhQQ@mail.gmail.com> <20140902125256.Horde.uv31ztwymThxUZ-OYPQoBw1@webmail.df.eu> <5405AE54.60809@sorbs.net> <AA960EEA3FCA297785076DB2@ogg.in.absolight.net> <5407276D.3050200@sorbs.net> <9DAF63F1F61E0FC2F6B237BD@ogg.in.absolight.net> <5407311C.5070903@sorbs.net>
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+--On 3 septembre 2014 17:17:48 +0200 Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net> wrote: | Mathieu Arnold wrote: |> +--On 3 septembre 2014 16:36:29 +0200 Michelle Sullivan |> <michelle@sorbs.net> wrote: |> | Mathieu Arnold wrote: |> |> I still don't see what you have to say about what EOL mean, it's *End |> |> Of Life* meaning after, it is dead, and won't exist any more. |> |> |> |> |> | Ahh so all those Windows XP servers are dead and don't work anymore... |> |> Not at all, but you don't update them any more. |> |> | Actually you do, but it does nothing... just like freebsd-update on any | EOL release... | | Microsoft didn't release a patch that would change the base system so | you can no longer install any software... They just stopped providing | updates, then later stopped providing security updates. You can still go and fetch/build software. You can't do it using the FreeBSD App Store though. -- Mathieu Arnold
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