Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 19:44:18 +0000 From: "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com> To: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org, Philippe Audeoud <jadawin@freebsd.org>, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/security/p5-IO-Socket-SSL Makefile distinfo Message-ID: <CAGFTUwOdXKnC5aYyrd%2B54aTb8WH3U5kDdteDW2xoCWKf99-f=Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADLo838cU8BBqkHNL8AU3Lu0mhz9eST7Xq9TBBVWVzuhhtAvEA@mail.gmail.com> References: <201112090933.pB99XU1p057960@repoman.freebsd.org> <4EE25274.5040602@FreeBSD.org> <CADLo838cU8BBqkHNL8AU3Lu0mhz9eST7Xq9TBBVWVzuhhtAvEA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/9/11, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> wrote: > On 9 Dec 2011 18:25, "Doug Barton" <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > Surely there's a lot of value placed on being in sync with upstream? > If there are no changes relevant to FreeBSD, there is little value in updating, and some cost, since updating leads to rebuilds in package-building clusters, in tinderboxes, and on the machines of many users. > Are we supposed to pick and choose updates based on the maintainer's whims? Of course not on whims, but on the changes in the new version. b.home | help
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