Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 02:13:55 -0500 From: jhell <jhell@DataIX.net> To: "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Recent massive port update. Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002060213330.3341@pragry.qngnvk.ybpny> In-Reply-To: <d873d5be1002052024l61757728n87737d3185d1f420@mail.gmail.com> References: <d873d5be1002052024l61757728n87737d3185d1f420@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 23:24, bf1783@ wrote: > jhell wrote: >> I could have swore that I recently heard an announcement that barred this >> type of activity until after 7.3-RELEASE was made.... >> >> Guess that doesn't stand for everything. > > That freeze won't start until around Feb. 8, as announced. The jpeg > changes were announced earlier by the maintainer on this list on Jan. > 24: > Memory on my part had failed at this point. I recall both the HEADS-UP and the announcement but thought that the announcement had stated an earlier date. My mix up, Thanks for clearing it up. > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2010-January/059129.html > >> Was there some type of security concern that caused this bump of jpeg in >> the first place or was it just a creeping featurism? > > The Independent JPEG group has always announced that they are going to > incorporate changes and improvements into their software, and that it > is not fixed in stone. The pace of change has varied. Your tone > suggests that you meant "creeping" in a pejorative sense: if you > don't like the changes, you can stick with the old version, or write > your own software. > No sorry it wasn't meant in that way I had just phrased it wrong and in a hurry. I did mean it more inquiring than anything else. I just need to slow it down a little before I type it out and hit send. Should there be an UPDATING entry for those that don't subscribe to ports@ ? Thanks for the replies. -- jhell
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