Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 12:23:40 +0200 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD? Message-ID: <CADGWnjVzwoDuejJ1bfT%2BVmOpoxB5pK0_vMSRLwHM3=gw=uutVQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FCC893E.2000309@digsys.bg> References: <C480320C-0CD9-4B61-8AFB-37085C820AB7@FreeBSD.org> <95D35900-AC63-4948-B54F-40041FFCB232@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <20120602195022.GG5335@home.opsec.eu> <2683532.ZXZgRCPEVi@x220.ovitrap.com> <4FCC893E.2000309@digsys.bg>
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On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg> wrote: > On 03.06.12 07:24, Erich wrote: >> isn't this what I just suggested to be done by the team? Give the ports >> tree a new version number and people can fall back to this then. >> >> Isn't this solution too simple to be done? > > As was mentioned earlier in this discussion, by virtue of the ports tree > being hosted on CVS, you are able to get a version of the ports there at any > date you chose. Just set > > PORTS_DATE="date=2012.06.01.00.00.00" > > to get the ports tree as it was on midnight 1st of June 2012. You can > specify hours, minutes, seconds if you need. Way more powerful than any > "version number" thing. > > As you can see, this is already available with FreeBSD. A lot more "hidden > gems" are available with FreeBSD. People are just lazy and for the most > part, refuse to learn. This is one aspect FreeBSD could benefit greatly from > more education of the 'users' -- just because it has way more hidden gems > than anything else around. Indeed. And educating users means providing them with appropriate documentation. So how about adding a section to the Handbook with a list of hidden gems? Something like Dru Lavigne's "BSD Hacks" perhaps? > Daniel Regards, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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