Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 14:20:00 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Adam Turoff <aturoff@isinet.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ports Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990309141724.25729F-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990309094137.04170100@localhost>
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On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > The main reason to get RECENT (if not "cutting edge") ports is to > close security holes. No one's system should be compromised because > he or she can't get a version that's immune to the latest "skript > kiddie" exploit. We're not disallowing the older revisions to get the updated software, we just don't test for every case. If YOU'D like to branch the ports tree and then merge a zillion checkins a day, be my guest. Actually don't, because everyone gets burnt out sometimes and we'll be left with a half-ass system. I run 2.2.8, and if something doesn't work, I'll fix it, then I'll commit patches if I can do it in a way that doesn't bring down other branches. I'm surely not going to make sure EVERY port runs on all 3 branches, and you can't expect MAINTAINERs to, either. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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