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Date:      Thu, 17 May 2007 12:48:41 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Craig Butler <craig001@lerwick.hopto.org>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: when are the ports being unfrozen ?
Message-ID:  <20070517164841.GA7819@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <464ACA4D.8040707@lerwick.hopto.org>
References:  <464ACA4D.8040707@lerwick.hopto.org>

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On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 10:09:33AM +0100, Craig Butler wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> Any news when the ports are being unfrozen ?

Hopefully soon; there is at least one issue to be resolved (reports of
GL failures).  However I didn't see an X.org upgrade report from you
yet.  Did my mail server lose your email?

> Portaudit is now detecting a few problems....
> 
> Surly it is beneficial to keep the ports current with security updates
> during a freeze ?

The patch set touches literally thousands of ports and the cost of
conflicts is nontrivial.

Kris



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