Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 19:51:13 -0600 From: Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org> To: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Mike Jakubik <mike.jakubik@intertainservices.com> Subject: Re: pkgng: how to upgrade a single port? Message-ID: <3E083FEB-F959-4451-A1BB-F36A696A35D6@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <81B1C865-2FE9-40B1-92DE-25A0869854E3@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> 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>
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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.=
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