From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 7 01:45:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B54E106566B for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 01:45:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@larseighner.com) Received: from mail.team1internet.com (mail.team1internet.com [216.110.13.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 596D58FC1A for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 01:45:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.team1internet.com (Postfix, from userid 12346) id A890116B61D; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 20:45:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: from larseighner.com (unknown [216.110.13.78]) by mail.team1internet.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 920CD16B616; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 20:45:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: by larseighner.com (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 lars@larseighner.com; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 20:38:43 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 20:38:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner X-X-Sender: lars@debranded.6dollardialup.com To: "b. f." In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20090806203123.F28161@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Sanitizer: Anomy and SpamAssassin mail filter - see http://www.6dollardialup.com/support/spaminfo.html Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Erich Dollansky Subject: Re: Ports completely and permanently hosed X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:45:13 -0000 On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, b. f. wrote: >> If this would be synchronised with the main FreeBSD releases, it >> would have a minor effect on users. > > No one is _forcing_ you to update anything, or even to use ports at > all. Believe me, if I can get back to my printer, camera, and mp3 player all working (which last occurred about 6.2 or so) I'll never upgrade again. Of course it is kind of lonely when your release is orphaned, which happens in the blink of an eye, but if the kernel supports all the hardware, I'm pretty sure I can install any apps that I suddenly decide I have to have myself. It's hard to resist the sales pitch (really, USB will work again on 8.0, we promise! [but we are going to trash your modem driver]) --- sooner or later one has to wise up. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266