Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 10:13:27 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports on 2.2.5 Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.981127101209.20451A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <199811270454.WAA24164@home.dragondata.com>
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On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Kevin Day wrote: > I got about 30 responses saying "Upgrade to 2.2.7, stupid!"... Isn't ports > designed to still work no matter what version you have? (within reason?) The ports collection that comes with the release you have is designed to work with the release you have. By upgrading your ports, you imply that you've upgraded your system. We just can't maintain that much backward compatibility, while still trying to innovate. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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