Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 07:48:59 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkgng: how to upgrade a single port? Message-ID: <5278A2EB.50106@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3E083FEB-F959-4451-A1BB-F36A696A35D6@FreeBSD.org> References: <527406D2.7010200@intertainservices.com> <1383336649.16326.41750369.298F8E9D@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1383337118.18823.41752849.2502EBFD@webmail.messagingengine.com> <CA%2BdUSyoUQB%2BgLM8g70y6mz7c%2BHSb3DJpVFvaENgm45VwcYVjQA@mail.gmail.com> <5277E53A.4090208@intertainservices.com> <CAOjFWZ4r-gWHd9k8F-T9sE1_5Qa0VVbqzxwYVZGazFf2b0k8VQ@mail.gmail.com> <3884C60E-FFEC-413C-901E-631E2862984B@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <CAJ-Vmo=HE5%2BDHpHsEXTEK6Tnf4s7L-=XE_2xBcJ5%2B%2BnpwsZ-0g@mail.gmail.com> <0AD00FF2-8F68-432D-BC7F-9672AD173163@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <CAJ-VmonsNRh%2B7isVEqrqks=O4wE31qWx%2BuqMeFgDPzsMkacfdw@mail.gmail.com> <81B1C865-2FE9-40B1-92DE-25A0869854E3@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <3E083FEB-F959-4451-A1BB-F36A696A35D6@FreeBSD.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --AI85qxBWj5DpHoVuH3MudgDo8kiA8lIkk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 05/11/2013 01:51, Mark Felder wrote: > On Nov 4, 2013, at 19:02, Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> > wrote: >> I have always admired the NetBSD pkgsrc Quarterly releases, which >> is close to getting a -STABLE package set on *BSD. Has there ever >> been discussion of a slower-moving Ports set for FreeBSD that only >> gets security updates? That would be a nice middle ground between >> the glacial progress of RHEL Yum packages and the -CURRENT like >> Ports as it is right now. > The only thing stopping that is manpower. We don=92t have it. Please > feel free to join the ports team and scratch that itch. However, we > already have enough architectural work ahead of us and PRs to sift > through that it probably isn=92t feasible at this point in time. Quarterly releases are indeed under consideration. These would be snapshots of the ports take one a quarter, be supported for one year, and only receive security and critical updates. They'd also replace the per-release package sets bundled with each OS release. https://wiki.freebsd.org/201309DevSummit/Ports Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk --AI85qxBWj5DpHoVuH3MudgDo8kiA8lIkk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.20 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJSeKL0XxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ2NTNBNjhCOTEzQTRFNkNGM0UxRTEzMjZC QjIzQUY1MThFMUE0MDEzAAoJELsjr1GOGkATT68P/33ozX1KXwmcUWTPN88f4Yz4 SaUA9MQST0/8G06d7k6ggCM7K+yJWHKGc0zRvSkecHr/gXPZTYpa3NE0I6Kv0Lnh V+P8MkZMx4sHGhNmL+0vCXTia/tOx0moVjdOqHn6wclpBOK61AqQCS9a4S2RVL9X ca19cQwCP+jT1zbTpjl4cI+Z3NFormPY4vvX6Nb6XZr6j0w/ITLVVApTnVtYuFA8 godDRARol3e7CCUMeYEmBE/jotDd1M8nWu0EKPJGHOKqwDqINqItSXNFg/oyGC9k oBYVIm/IWhnz7l2k2t1eqtx0kXyBv/3sbjWiHF9oY+sUaQuJgu3b2yeB6OYZvnA3 2M71YlAoPwOea/ieFKegALMxQqlC7flwM8xedJ9RKsmEhp7odj7YzPREiW7Vom/o I49yu7qRBJEdIl8rUopTGfz0XTI/O5JrM7Rxe3kz+glsbrL/pu/EBz8bOxF9GF3x 9WZeEtXoLjBPxWWXOav+alGHmZZ9VqqM1ZT09XOhaZrMswh2psnoIA+Z1ESXhlQI eIV/nG885U6m2uWZy5T2JqMBcA1m2qUHMZsk8ow4/g20sZu/F7z8APeFQzDJE4HH auXyCEAnAtjDplPXLfW3LtuOiGU/b3JaKMaFMNkAAlwzS3N7al0mei6eGW1LDBOJ uFgo7qICuRs/4sCOkJfi =vBAy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --AI85qxBWj5DpHoVuH3MudgDo8kiA8lIkk--
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