Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:08:30 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: Allen Kenner <germaniak@outlook.com> Cc: "freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org" <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Spreading the word Message-ID: <504D83DE.1040801@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY002-W3629FCD6DAD4AAA0B7FB0FADAD0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY002-W3629FCD6DAD4AAA0B7FB0FADAD0@phx.gbl>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig5317D68431E89740ADA86101 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 09/09/2012 22:09, Allen Kenner wrote: > Is anyone here aware of any work being done to make it so that > Updating, Patching, and so on, on FreeBSD, becomes as easy as it is > on PC-BSD? Personally I'm VERY biased towards FreeBSD, and I'd switch > to it completely and no longer even bother much with Linux if I could > just get it to where I could do security fixes on Ports without > having to go through such a long process. There is this rather shiny little project: http://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng I'd call it quietly revolutionary, except that it hasn't been particularly quiet. There's been plenty of discussion in freebsd-ports@ and freebsd-current@ as well as what's linked to from that Wiki page. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey --------------enig5317D68431E89740ADA86101 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlBNg+QACgkQ8Mjk52CukIyA7QCfZsu+UdX/WHKN+ik3jLs1qUD5 NZ4AoIAWTnCU0K5GHGzzRcVttq3s7xwl =HEvl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig5317D68431E89740ADA86101--
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