From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Nov 27 07:15:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA28616 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 07:15:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hp9000.chc-chimes.com (hp9000.chc-chimes.com [206.67.97.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA28606 for ; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 07:14:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: from localhost by hp9000.chc-chimes.com with SMTP (1.39.111.2/16.2) id AA204559607; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 10:13:27 -0500 Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 10:13:27 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola To: Kevin Day Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports on 2.2.5 In-Reply-To: <199811270454.WAA24164@home.dragondata.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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