From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 26 18:29:33 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D64C6F6C for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 18:29:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-x232.google.com (mail-qa0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c00::232]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8822716FC for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 18:29:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f50.google.com with SMTP id i13so7929518qae.9 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 10:29:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=seibercom.net; s=google; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=W2Bi57Gi6Nc525f/bCSg16xgUrfu3yM6lfalf4VdxfU=; b=bkP+tbR+EwmerO5pJHBHOySVAHm58auNynOglJDzIKCmgWKOebGNGpM3gUqki8yfGY YW1BiCVXInH6/LFjVpIzeIERCODvbLZI2e8wdqtJ9kiQlB6hihdkAKBNwQEq3YMmrPmy yFpoZUGOw0C3MDyN66sLlRb5NUzUDeijwlHfk= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=W2Bi57Gi6Nc525f/bCSg16xgUrfu3yM6lfalf4VdxfU=; b=VCFKp8WRXj5384cV9WuP/IQekGQhRYA7vE2Bp6Mc0WoP81lXXHPik4FJijF7Z5g0SU 8jiEQ6P7OJ1JNVHpV9KgFH9pJDt/++NDl20yk/rNaYr857b1MMvxDL2ZaO7DmCtX3i8A a+QxGoINUGNM35p+0QohHei0UGC0lDz+xH04b1X8nvqUqCPkmaXqFUA2YirEs2uPL7j3 hmWA0sbCy+Fb/8Pxsj2T2l35WVMTKk+0ePkfHeq/bixeJTbTocZ9+F0ONSu/bjIXRrv3 K+l7efG3lmf4rFs1e18QddSG5eOkR3TbuzN5Sy0mkRr3zABHgtmdhdKf2O7hnuHJP2zZ Rssw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmtMTmv2Jxyni/1qh8dZVNbB01HMom5BROePWbnmuFoz3iAQcewvRzGs+bGuOYMreVTvomD X-Received: by 10.49.30.197 with SMTP id u5mr75303814qeh.33.1388082572726; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 10:29:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio (cpe-076-182-104-150.nc.res.rr.com. [76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id a5sm46979905qae.2.2013.12.26.10.29.31 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 26 Dec 2013 10:29:32 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 13:29:31 -0500 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Ports Subject: Re: Updating CUPS Message-ID: <20131226132931.36906237@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <01418a96-df39-4a66-8ff6-004c67879290@email.android.com> References: <20131224154419.1b87ef83@scorpio> <20131226065451.745a0c55@scorpio> <01418a96-df39-4a66-8ff6-004c67879290@email.android.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Ports List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 18:29:34 -0000 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