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Date:      Sun, 4 Nov 2012 23:54:43 +0100
From:      "C-S" <c-s@c-s.li>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        lumiwa@gmail.com
Subject:   Re: before new version
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> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 17:20:26 -0500
> From: ajtiM <lumiwa@gmail.com>
> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: before new version
> Message-ID: <201211031720.27182.lumiwa@gmail.com>
> Content-Type: Text/Plain;  charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> On Saturday 03 November 2012 14:11:22 you wrote:
>
>> > BTW: packages are almost all the time outdated.
>>
>> The packages in the RELEASE directory and on the installation
>> media meet the frozen ports tree (frozen _prior_ to the release
>> date), so yes, they are a bit outdated, but they are considered
>> "mostly stable and usable" when in use with what is distributed.
>> On the server, both _those_ packages _and_ those in Latest/ (which
>> are periodically built from the "advancing" ports tree after the
>> release date) are often considered not _that_ current as if you
>> would use CVS or SVN to obtain the "bleeding edge" latest ports
>> tree and build from source.
>>
>
> I didn't complain about "bleeding edge" sofware which we anywhere don't
> have
> (Gimp, Xorg, LibreOffice and all dependencies for those applications and
> more
> and more which I don't use and I don't need) but I complain about freezing
> ports too early before new release came out and after that rebuilt 5000
> ports
> for example just because png new version is coming out. Or am I wrong?
>
>
>> So yes, you could say what you said. :-)
>
> Mitja
> --------
> http://www.redbubble.com/people/lumiwa
>


Your complaint seems to be unfair to me as this is the first time -- as
far as I remember -- that the ports freeze was implemented only for RC2
but not already for RC1. So, the tree is certainly not frozen "too
early.""

C-S




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