David Southwell wrote: > > In those very rare cases where a user just cannot wait 2-3 weeks extra > > for > > an upgrade, they can always try to build the software themselves > > outside > > the ports system. > > I regard this view as developer centric rather than user centric. As I > have said elsewhere the ports system is freebsd msp and users are not > naturally comnfortable with building outside the ports system. If they > were we would not need the system!!!
I beg to offer a radically different opinion. I don't want to compile the ports, i want the packages, that i will install with pkg_add -r, and i want them immediately with the new FreeBSD-7, not 3 months later. Having them 3 months later would be extremely user unfriendly, to the point that i would delay using FreeBSD-7 by 3 months, at least. -- Michel TALON _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
