From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Thu Apr 20 08:49:28 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96388D46724 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 08:49:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tingox@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x230.google.com (mail-io0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5FD2ED3C for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 08:49:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tingox@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x230.google.com with SMTP id o22so65809538iod.3 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 01:49:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=0v4VpITEgRFFNOp9m7J+1hVxqFvwddjzzeUSGQdBw3o=; b=ZN/KCJ2O41ornQmykYdE1Tzp4jaESydbNuwvrTmX3Atwi+GZPamQQRgv0Budi0TifS nDmJQ33wXHXePsfBVBQJ6csiJd07AD4T8zadDy+8SHbdZyw5yc195BEHwnalVztXm8iT GOEr+bVd+4VhyUjlX3wrTY8qUY8AldPyqajJwC/p3+uMb498RSCZZA0xnOiF4etcuDIw yJOjmGbjRX0tCNdE0hWiuawejWX7FCuVukX65EU1s3VyvYbyRrTVJ7rHerJ+3YEeym6a RgCD8JvLa1h6PVVVWDdcBYJcx+4j9WLFhTs2mKiaRDPg5D48BQc/z3Y1ahkLB1a8n98x Dyxg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=0v4VpITEgRFFNOp9m7J+1hVxqFvwddjzzeUSGQdBw3o=; b=XFFQlfOh/2ln78IRGboZgvMfmMcHXJA4JiDI4OqwZCQWAUJH1ICHeEomGQVLHe59gG 3hloGz2GXMZJ0FA++xuLUB8Sg1uzLnMHtl0QV6Na1wlAnVE+6P7xqbxnoFX7mdXyI5b0 pE3tYEj2psxHc7rAsnNGi0iYR3oniAQcxA70MNfIiRpRiZj+Bl1E8AvwqUzzpHqldoLs VmoJIUeNX73D5k0ffTIkiNlTN66ALqI1hBwUCqHxPm6JCEtjHKYdFg1GcmCzZWzCJHmu K8dhX5YjpcnuIFYX/6tDoMjDU9Kb3tFA+/hsUC6TOjtIkOUPIU0QOFS8xRQokZiVzjOK vcsg== X-Gm-Message-State: AN3rC/5BU+h4XORUDVB1DWWUDeI/x9kV3PiQac8vEkxlxozCtVUfHPkq b4Wn6lYrYsqGn9eOfetaIXrwPQzn1Mh0 X-Received: by 10.107.16.100 with SMTP id y97mr7575752ioi.164.1492678167628; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 01:49:27 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.152.83 with HTTP; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 01:49:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20170420060017.GG74780@home.opsec.eu> References: <58F61A8D.1030309@a1poweruser.com> <68ad0daa-b1f5-f3a6-f056-dcf2f0047d94@freebsd.org> <20170420060017.GG74780@home.opsec.eu> From: Torfinn Ingolfsen Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:49:26 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Is pkg quarterly really needed? To: FreeBSD Ports ML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 08:49:28 -0000 On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 8:00 AM, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > Hi! > >> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 1:30 AM, Julian Elischer wrote: >> > quarterly however is broken because the pkg mirors discard it all at the >> > time of update. > >> Do they have to? >> Why couldn't pkg mirrors keep say, the four latest quarterly sets >> all the time? > > Because the URL for the latest quarterly is one stable URL. Obviously this has to be changed. As I wrote: "No extra work involved once the setup is configured and tested". So yes, there is some work needed, but it would be a one-time job. If anyone has any real arguments as to why the FreeBSD project can't do it this way, let's hear them. HTH -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen