From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 2 15:08:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 941591065680 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:08:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sequethin@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 415B38FC2B for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:08:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sequethin@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 50so1774386wra.13 for ; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:08:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references:x-mailer; bh=3xGikwPxo2Tn0sOwMY328HYr7SFCJfFWwOHLQL3zrek=; b=V/ftaikankyzAXJl+HWc36Q1Y0mmlJmw4qZbqbnBJ9dP4GyWsk+yanOed6xTEEb95+oKU4Vh5Yft61dmTA22pZymorzsYvTWNcHk9yp5hzmzOfCS9Prut3yBYdzkDs+cgdCw0mIgAbMXHY7uui1e1h5PswoS7MfQiF1tMi0rwAQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references:x-mailer; b=p3xPjFodOsWkrFF5dufDWNe8/6jsC0xjB3+lek6EWJ9zimIJTG6WeVYBejTN0SyMhaeNWS0D2ZCLVjT9oLyJoMvuQ1NvhZoBb4v9nepynt7MpIDGj6rHZxRlqQMIIrCXs95bMLuNU2zMlMb5TBtKRsKdETlRXXLfuGrmqZf8Xnk= Received: by 10.140.165.21 with SMTP id n21mr5006112rve.257.1207148889478; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:08:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.3.121? ( [208.48.2.130]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q30sm2107336wrq.36.2008.04.02.08.08.06 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:08:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <344B0FA4-EC20-4D44-ACCE-1255B96CD1CC@gmail.com> From: Michael Hernandez To: chat@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:08:05 -0400 References: <86abkcpbbo.fsf@ds4.des.no> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) Cc: Subject: Re: Newbie Update - & thanks! :) X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:08:11 -0000 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 > wrote: >> Marian Hettwer 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. 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=