From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 27 10:35:45 2010 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 6E0F9106568F for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:35:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bf1783@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09C988FC0C for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:35:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwe15 with SMTP id 15so1117788wwe.31 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:35:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:reply-to:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=nrUrh4/jo+GcEECrgPf/yOrPPMcal7nOraluYhSqIiY=; b=b1wZ8FtoIV1DQyzwGoszykZ5duCUk0TU8evPiWP/JRuy5AF/mTAjCfHyDKwRibLVG3 8pJ7Stbo2HWGgl8VIlpLlvlAy2ADRix8NBnTUjMmomkd627yL/A498nRAEXDsYKe0FZe 2imh3Usg5Zppw9PTexhiChHMO33PUuoXnV55g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type; b=QaTS/BV0gcG1FYfoNDN29pw3qyMt2eymTMIaWlRCb0l4Eq4z9eGEKr/GwDxwiJ0Rmv zy3BI2CteDYiiN7QeGZTaYwZm/haC1mKkt8lGstd061dveAvQFZ7QOZiu0jqQ6OnDGgS BMFQerXCIthVnPn7RoCNch6yswSuOVO8oXThw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.145.5 with SMTP id b5mr1152400wbv.189.1280226943794; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:35:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.171.10 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:35:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:35:43 +0000 Message-ID: From: "b. f." To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: claudiu vasadi Subject: Re: apps update from ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bf1783@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:35:45 -0000 >I was wondering about your update strategy. Do you update your apps as soon >as a new version is available in the ports ? Or do you follow the "if it >works, don't touch it" strategy ? > There is no one strategy that pleases everyone. You'll have to consider the time required to perform updates (including some time for configuring and learning how to use the new software, and for recovering from occasional problems), and weigh that against the benefits (if any) of having new software. Some people prefer to use the latest software, and others may use a snapshot of the ports tree that coincides with a stable release, updating only those ports with known critical security problems in between releases. Sometimes, you may wish to make this decision on a port-by-port basis. >I'm guessing "portupgrade" is your preferred way of doing this hence, do you >also choose -P or -PP ? If you don't need to build from source, in order to use non-default options or flags, or get the very latest versions of the port, then packages are a good choice. In addition to portupgrade, the comparatively lightweight ports-mgmt/portmaster port also has this functionality. b.