On 20/09/2011 05:33, Jason C. Wells wrote: > I noticed only recently that there are now packages on FTP in a folder > called packages-8-stable. I am not sure how often these are built. I > expect that the entire ports tree is built much like it is during a > release, except at some later point in time. I would expect that those > ports are all "dependency consistent" with each other to the maximum > extent possible.
'Latest' packages are built for each updated port + OS version +
architecture combination whenever resources are available on the build
cluster. Typically that implies a delay of a few days or a week or so
after the update hits the ports CVS. Yes, if you install the latest
pkgs everything should still remain consistent -- but that means you
should install all of the available updates: picking and choosing is the
route to tears before bedtime[*].
Cheers,
Matthew
[*] Unless you know exactly what you're doing and understand how all the
dependency relationships work.
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