From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 28 13:53:30 2010 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 73CF81065670 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:53:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from woodbine.london.02.net (woodbine.london.02.net [87.194.255.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 083478FC14 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:53:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eco.config (93.97.24.219) by woodbine.london.02.net (8.5.124.10) id 4C8D7834005861F7; Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:53:22 +0100 Message-ID: <4CA1F352.1090504@onetel.com> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:53:22 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091212) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: perryh@pluto.rain.com References: <20100926123019.GA41450@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <4C9F3BBA.2060809@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4ca03df2.lQjjNnRah4BJhw4Y%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <201009271016.26902.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> <4ca19305.qVDnt7/ifQhIrQ0c%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <4ca19305.qVDnt7/ifQhIrQ0c%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Free BSD 8.1 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: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:53:30 -0000 perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > I'm advocating starting from a stable and self-consistent baseline, > consisting of a release _and_ its corresponding port/package > collection, and then considering whether any updates are needed. You might be interested to follow Manolis' custom DVD which is based on exactly that principle: http://freebsd-custom.wikidot.com Chris > Isn't that orthogonal to the question of whether or not to follow > ports updates, once the baseline has been established? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >