Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 13:29:31 -0500 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Updating CUPS Message-ID: <20131226132931.36906237@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <01418a96-df39-4a66-8ff6-004c67879290@email.android.com> References: <20131224154419.1b87ef83@scorpio> <fe29d3d0-4035-4a66-860e-35a6f795ce32@email.android.com> <20131226065451.745a0c55@scorpio> <01418a96-df39-4a66-8ff6-004c67879290@email.android.com>
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On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 18:30:07 +0100, Matthias Andree stated: > I meant deliberate changes in concepts, not just happenstances... > Check what Fedora and other Linux distros have been doing to work > around those before you complain. > > And remember this is a volunteer project, you are not paying to get > upgrades within the week... I have done some checking on what is transpiring with CUPS on other distros. Actually, what happens there is not truly germane to FreeBSD though. In all too many instances, software that works perfectly fine there does not exhibit the same degree of suitability under FreeBSD architecture. Furthermore, version 1.5.4 (the ports version) was released on 7/25/12. The senior release version of the 1.6 family, 1.6.3 was released on 7/11/13. The 1.7 family was introduced shortly afterwards. Apparently, FreeBSD has skipped the entire 1.6.x branch. All I asked was if an updated version of CUPS was planned to be introduced into the ports system. I never said I was paying to get updates; although I have on several occasions voiced my opinion, along with others, that hiring professionals to maintain some ports or other areas of FreeBSD that seem to either get neglected or lag behind other operating systems might be a good investment. In any case, you obviously have no personal knowledge of what is transpiring with this port so further discussions with you are futile. -- Jerry
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