Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:08:05 -0400 From: Michael Hernandez <sequethin@gmail.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Newbie Update - & thanks! :) Message-ID: <344B0FA4-EC20-4D44-ACCE-1255B96CD1CC@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <dbaf59e0aa269962e7b2e5cb4b2c7352@localhost> References: <86abkcpbbo.fsf@ds4.des.no> <dbaf59e0aa269962e7b2e5cb4b2c7352@localhost>
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On Apr 2, 2008, at 10:54 AM, Marian Hettwer wrote: > Hi DES, > > On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:42:51 +0200, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> > wrote: >> Marian Hettwer <mh@kernel32.de> writes: >>> Actually you'll find a lot of applications in FreeBSD ports where =20= >>> you >>> wouldn't find them as a debian package for instance :) Especially in >>> regards to the version of this specific software. Example? Debian >>> Sarge --> No Apache 2.2 >> >> 1) the latest Debian release is Etch, not Sarge >> > I know that the latest release is Etch. I never said that Sarge is the > latest release. > However, Sarge was around for a long period of time and my statement =20= > was: > No apache 2.2 there. > >> 2) this is a matter of policy, not incompetence; packages associated >> with a particular release receive only bug fixes, not feature >> upgrades. >> > I know. I disagree with that policy, though. <snip!> I have always hated that with any distribution of Linux - it seems you =20= can get a stable (1.4.x release for example) of something, but once =20 many bugs are fixed upstream - perhaps in a 1.6.x release... you'll =20 never see those changes unless you cast package management aside and =20 build it yourself, or wait until the next distro release. --Mike H=
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