Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 06:24:45 -0400 From: Etienne Robillard <animelovin@gmail.com> To: Adam Strohl <adams-freebsd@ateamsystems.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD? Message-ID: <4FCB3B6D.4020802@gthcfoundation.org> In-Reply-To: <4FCB38F2.4030505@ateamsystems.com> References: <C480320C-0CD9-4B61-8AFB-37085C820AB7@FreeBSD.org> <4FCA0B5F.5010500@digsys.bg> <4FCA20C5.6010901@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <2421561.4aJcXPZZxh@x220.ovitrap.com> <4FCB38F2.4030505@ateamsystems.com>
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On 06/03/2012 06:14 AM, Adam Strohl wrote: > On 6/3/2012 11:14, Erich wrote: >> What I really do not understand in this whole discussion is very >> simple. Is it just a few people who run into problems like this or is >> this simply ignored by the people who set the strategy for FreeBSD? >> >> I mention since yeares here that putting version numbers onto the port >> tree would solve many of these problems. All I get as an answer is >> that it is not possible. >> >> I think that this should be easily possible with the limitation that >> older versions do not have security fixes. Yes, but of what help is a >> security fix if there is no running port for the fix? > > I feel like I'm missing something. Why would you ever want to go back to > an old version of the ports tree? You're ignoring tons of security issues! > > And if a port build is broken then the maintainer needs to fix it, that > is the solution. > > I must be missing something else here, it just seems like the underlying > "need" for this is misguided (and dangerous from a security perspective). > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Technical debt perhaps counts when upstream vendor "new versions" breaks things unexpectingly ? just sayin E -- Etienne Robillard Occupation: Software Developer Company: Green Tea Hackers Club Email: erob@gthcfoundation.org Website: gthcfoundation.org Skype ID: incidah
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