Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 16:35:26 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Saving old shared libs (Was: Re: HEADS UP: xorg upgrade plans) Message-ID: <20070517203525.GA10518@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <464CB5AA.7040304@FreeBSD.org> References: <463F7236.4080108@FreeBSD.org> <20070507184231.GA50639@xor.obsecurity.org> <op.try3lgvv9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20070507201448.GA52651@xor.obsecurity.org> <op.try4tyhd9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20070507204414.GA53358@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070507205850.GA34916@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20070507220659.GC78665@graf.pompo.net> <20070507222146.GA57768@xor.obsecurity.org> <464CB5AA.7040304@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 01:06:02PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > At the same time, I think it's probably worthwhile to examine what the > goals of the ports system are in this regard. If the goal is to always > provide a fail-safe upgrade path for users then perhaps we should be > talking about moving that support into the ports infrastructure, > rather than talking about adding it to all the different upgrade tools. This is true, and some first steps are already in progress. Kris
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