From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 3 08:15:16 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E191106564A for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 08:15:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D83E08FC1B for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 08:15:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkvi18 with SMTP id i18so3712561bkv.13 for ; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 01:15:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=9lP1oSK+a3XF7vFxMOdNtKGBlN/L9ANPneYETh2uezI=; b=hcyqCdBKZuHEO2chb3XU9WGg5c0er98VddDg9dsk7vbUqJKuK0tGWevbQMOqx3Z/U+ P6JpowG8o6CMPBfs3CsaJ0zKRXf2bEYzltTe1hNPp3BOywFIgJRTW1ooeL8FAIA3hbdR n04lnmEfUFL4VyLjBuZFZCPHvCGFhS3KEzi25thvnb/0fDC4zE4Iv+UDC6+1N5WTRe7+ mWfZ3Ne5eVhVHNuoIRe3zAcz+czvO78Iqt9H3TIAh51pcVhKgKS7RMK4jdvv8r3criEG ZsLvrLXQRXKeNR1nViPMptIY+12iaNY/xwMKz3VxIfD61SG4rmGdAr+HuHiG8bJBq/Pl z5Iw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.154.193 with SMTP id p1mr4373797bkw.102.1338711314971; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 01:15:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.171.138 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 01:15:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.171.138 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 01:15:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4069760.8WmX7zQx9F@x220.ovitrap.com> References: <95D35900-AC63-4948-B54F-40041FFCB232@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <20120602185601.GD2309@isuckatdomains.members.linode.com> <4069760.8WmX7zQx9F@x220.ovitrap.com> Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 09:15:14 +0100 Message-ID: From: Chris Rees To: Erich Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD , Chris Nehren Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 08:15:16 -0000 On Jun 3, 2012 5:26 AM, "Erich" wrote: > > Hi, > > On 02 June 2012 PM 2:56:01 Chris Nehren wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 14:11:06 -0400 , Paul Mather wrote: > > > I'm not sure what the solution is for the end user. I know I get > > > somewhat leery of updating my ports if I see a large number of changes > > > coming via portsnap (like the 4000+ that accompanied the recent libpng > > > upgrade) and there is nothing new in UPDATING (which, happily wasn't > > > the case with the libpng upgrade). Usually, I wait a while for the > > > dust to clear and an UPDATING entry potentially to appear. > > > > If you're concerned about things breaking, don't follow the bleeding > > edge. This seems to be common sense. > > is there a second version of the ports tree available? > > What is the response of the list if you want to install a new package with you old ports tree? > The response is "Don't ask for support if you do that", I'm afraid. No major OS I can think of allows you to mix and match like that (though I could be wrong). Chris