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Date:      Fri, 18 Nov 2016 16:29:47 +0100
From:      Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>
To:        Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: best time to sync
Message-ID:  <20161118152947.GR2648@home.opsec.eu>
In-Reply-To: <2c878c5b-34e0-a58c-352d-b6c533b4da34@dreamchaser.org>
References:  <2c878c5b-34e0-a58c-352d-b6c533b4da34@dreamchaser.org>

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Hello,

> Can someone tell me what the best time to synchronize ports is,
> in terms of having a consistent ports tree?

> Thought I saw something once about the end of the weekend being best
> but can't find it.  In any case, is there a period during which the 
> ports tree is held frozen to get a consistent build?

If you want to have a more stable ports tree, use the
quarterlies, for example:

mkdir ~/q4
cd ~/q4
svn checkout https://svn.freebsd.org/ports/branches/2016Q4 .

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pi@opsec.eu            +49 171 3101372                         4 years to go !



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