On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Daniel Kalchev <dan...@digsys.bg> wrote: > On 03.06.12 07:24, Erich wrote: >> isn't this what I just suggested to be done by the team? Give the ports >> tree a new version number and people can fall back to this then. >> >> Isn't this solution too simple to be done? > > As was mentioned earlier in this discussion, by virtue of the ports tree > being hosted on CVS, you are able to get a version of the ports there at any > date you chose. Just set > > PORTS_DATE="date=2012.06.01.00.00.00" > > to get the ports tree as it was on midnight 1st of June 2012. You can > specify hours, minutes, seconds if you need. Way more powerful than any > "version number" thing. > > As you can see, this is already available with FreeBSD. A lot more "hidden > gems" are available with FreeBSD. People are just lazy and for the most > part, refuse to learn. This is one aspect FreeBSD could benefit greatly from > more education of the 'users' -- just because it has way more hidden gems > than anything else around.
Indeed. And educating users means providing them with appropriate documentation. So how about adding a section to the Handbook with a list of hidden gems? Something like Dru Lavigne's "BSD Hacks" perhaps? > Daniel Regards, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
