From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 27 18:28:15 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 8C1141065678 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:28:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 546F98FC21 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:28:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-99-21.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.99.21] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Odogj-0003KL-RO for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:15:39 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:28:09 -0700 Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:28:09 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100727182809.GD39480@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20100727195332.198ef7a5.freebsd@edvax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="J5MfuwkIyy7RmF4Q" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100727195332.198ef7a5.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: apps update from ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:28:15 -0000 --J5MfuwkIyy7RmF4Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Polytropon on Tuesday, 27 July 2010: > On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:16:15 +0200, claudiu vasadi wrote: >=20 > Finally, when I want to test out new features, both in OS and > applications, I usually go with "bleeding edge". I'm often > surprised to see how well things do work. >=20 That's my experience, too. When I was told that in order to get my wireless device working I would need to upgrade to STABLE, I shuddered with the fearful anticipation of using a "development version" of the O/S. But it has lived up to the name STABLE. Likewise with recently released ports. Occasionally there's a breakage, but I've always (touch wood) been pleasantly surprised by how easy it is to set things right. Not like the "can't get there from here without a wipe and load" situations in which I often found myself during the 20 years in which my main system ran Windows (oh, the waste!) --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --J5MfuwkIyy7RmF4Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMTyU5AAoJEIpckszW26+RsbkH/3CkRrTeIETr1hnEl9boEjUJ /ktP5DFL6idY8BVO2pyp/LnzA40BrnFeLHD+vCpJUekHZm/G0i28BBU0aNja032M hybyXCU9Ajhem2InT5UrG5GBRSI8f01BZxkdo4PUAPsROg8wzqpEoa5FabNMB2P3 d/jgrH2KgRAh23cK0uAik7wapT+b8+P/oXQwulg8BtmRb975DGZ7ihwiOC074Fvx Le/UXaAie86ClUp9EqtSzvQ28b5WpRJXTcL71LjHHoD56/nAF92nUzvPMR2FzxAz QxyfD0OrvyrsH+47oFpYoDtj4Mp6t4coa+Dw9aCtTlFkb5mAcc8UoyWiNrLKGMA= =jzSD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --J5MfuwkIyy7RmF4Q--