Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 09:01:18 +0100 From: Dave Cottlehuber <dch@skunkwerks.at> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what is the purpose of the quarterly ports branches? Message-ID: <1481875278.2027307.820920449.18442D1C@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <0b018f88-4b64-67c8-a938-ae45fc19d08f@gjunka.com> References: <7c73fc75-b4d9-063d-02f9-628e06f8d4bd@freebsd.org> <CAOc73CDiZM9N9o6cQb6kU7x8bCvgsA_cL2Q28QjJpSdBzCBD_A@mail.gmail.com> <20161207025955.GA21488@Silverstone> <3a97d014-1b8b-7e34-6704-1ee5fd8b97ca@m5p.com> <db995492-2e93-1979-ecf3-d978f78d0f74@freebsd.org> <0b018f88-4b64-67c8-a938-ae45fc19d08f@gjunka.com>
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On Tue, 13 Dec 2016, at 23:14, Grzegorz Junka wrote: > I heard that ports' SVN is mirrored to Github. Isn't it enough to just > create a branch or tag for each quarterly release? Even if quarterly > packages are deleted, re-building packages from such branch/tag should > allow to recreate those packages as required since the same code would > give the same packages? These branches already exist BTW: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/tree/branches/2016Q3 A+ Dave
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