Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 12:42:27 -0800 From: Richard Childers <childers@redwoodhodling.com> To: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Why do packages disappear? Message-ID: <3268de3b-334c-46db-8986-d9406323d6ad@redwoodhodling.com> In-Reply-To: <7a0cfebd-9137-435e-910a-3e9641650976@redwoodhodling.com> References: <7a0cfebd-9137-435e-910a-3e9641650976@redwoodhodling.com>
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When I say 'disappear', I mean this: root@metatron:~ # date Tue Nov 21 12:41:35 PST 2023 root@metatron:~ # ls -d /usr/ports/*/*google*chrom* /usr/ports/www/ungoogled-chromium root@metatron:~ # pkg search ungoogled-chromium root@metatron:~ # It would be nice if packages didn't disappear and reappear. Can't we just save the last successful build? ~richard ===== On 11/21/23 07:39, Richard Childers wrote: > > I was using ungoogled-chromium and I had 60+ tabs that I can now not > get back because ungoogled-chromium has been withdrawn from circulation. > > > why are these packages appearing and disappearing? If it's a package, > it's supposed to be good enough to public use. The experimental stuff > is supposed to stay in the ports section, not be promoted to packages. > > > FreeBSD used to hold itself to a higher standard than Linux; it stood > for STABILITY. Linux stood for EXPERIMENTATION. > > > What happened? Is FreeBSD being run by college kids now? > > > The quality of FreeBSD needs to be detached from the class projects > you're working on to graduate. That's what Linux is for, in my opinion. > > > FreeBSD user since 1994. > > > ~richard > > > ===== > > >
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