From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 24 08:37:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA05386 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 08:37:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts14-line1.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.167]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA05377 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 08:37:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA01299; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 08:36:54 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 08:36:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: "Richard Seaman, Jr." cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Apache and Ports Policies in General In-Reply-To: <199707241425.JAA01523@ns.tar.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Richard Seaman, Jr. wrote: > I'm wondering if there is a "ports-stable" collection somewhere? > Possibly I've missed it somehow? Not that I know of. > I notice that ports-current has just upgraded to Apache 1.3a1. Here's > what the Apache home page has to say about this release: > ------ > Unless I've missed something, it seems to me we're giving users > the choice of the obsolete 1.2b10, from which Apache developers > recommend an upgrade for "stability and security reasons", and > the alpha Apache 1.3a1. But, no choice for the stable and > recommended 1.2.1, or its predecessor 1.2.0. > > I would think this is a mistake? Probably. You should contact the maintainer of the port and ask them to port 1.2.1 instead of 1.3. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo