From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 10 12:26:31 2009 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 537EA1065689 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:26:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C3D48FC22 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:26:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LWrh7-00030X-5J for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:26:29 +0000 Received: from pool-71-166-147-125.washdc.east.verizon.net ([71.166.147.125]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:26:29 +0000 Received: from nightrecon by pool-71-166-147-125.washdc.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:26:29 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Followup-To: gmane.os.freebsd.questions Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:26:49 -0500 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <49913469.6040400@fxclub.org> <991123400902100003k6877057ehc2f0eb71a504d3ed@mail.gmail.com> <49916D64.701@fxclub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-71-166-147-125.washdc.east.verizon.net User-Agent: KNode/0.99.01 Sender: news Subject: Re: Samba 3.2 & FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: nightrecon@verizon.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:26:32 -0000 Proskurin Kirill wrote: > Odhiambo Washington wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Proskurin Kirill >>> >>> Just wondering - why samba 3.2+ is not in a ports? >> net/samba3-devel ?? > > Oh. But why it is "devel"? > Samba 3.3 is officially stable. > Look in the subdirectory called "files" for the port. You will see a collection of patch files. These are developed by the port maintainer(s) in order to facilitate a successful build and runtime for the FreeBSD OS environment. Since these maintainer(s) are volunteers who do this in their spare time there can be a lag between the time some upstream application releases a new version and the port gets updated for FreeBSD. It is still possible that one can try and simply download the source tarball for some application and compile it outside of the ports system. You may or may not be successful with this. In any event, should you pursue this path you will find that future maintainability isn't as easy as if you had just stuck with the ports system. -Mike