Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:37:54 +0200 From: Roman Kennke <roman@ontographics.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELEASE_X_Y_Z branches/tags maintained?? Message-ID: <1098686273.666.5.camel@moonlight> In-Reply-To: <20041024223051.GA94197@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <1098641975.705.10.camel@moonlight> <20041024223051.GA94197@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Am Mo, den 25.10.2004 schrieb Kris Kennaway um 0:30: > On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 08:19:36PM +0200, Roman Kennke wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > I have a question regarding the branches/tags of the ports tree for > > stable releases. Are they in any way maintained. > > No. Hmm, wouldn't this be a good thing to do, especially on production machines? I would greatly appreciate that. I see no reason to do major updates (like x.1 -> x.2 only to get fixes in. For production machines I would prefer some kind of stability and conservativism. What is the problem with such a setup? Lack of interest? Lack of manpower? Or wrong philosophy? /Roman
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