In message <3506767.fvm2kmt...@x220.ovitrap.com>, Erich writes: > Hi, > > On 05 June 2012 11:24:25 Mark Andrews wrote: > > > > > Version tagging is just a convient way to get a snapshot at a > > particular point in time unless you create branches that are them > > we do not ask for more. There should be only one difference to a snapshot. As > snapshot has a date. No matter in what state the ports tree was, it is in th > at state in the ports tree. If user - especially the one not so fit in this a > spect - want to use a snapshot, it will be difficult to impossible to figure > out which one they need. > > If version numbers would be introduced, it would be ok to use the version num > ber of the FreeBSD and have only version available which reflect the release > version of the ports tree.
It's already there. If you want the ports as of FreeBSD 4.x EOL then the tag is "RELEASE_4_EOL". If you want ports as of FreeBSD 9.0 then the tag is "RELEASE_9_9_0". > People here want to make always a perfect system. People like me want to have > some small things in there available with a click. > > As the ports trees are there anyway, only the direct link to the snapshot of > that day or a version number in the ports tree would be needed to make this a > vailable for people who just want to use FreeBSD. > > Please note, I do not want any extra work spend here to make this perfect. I > only want a simple way to fall back to a big net which is not that old from w > hich the user can restart. > > You can add a huge note to the links stating the risks. This is all fine. > > There is another reason why I ask for this. I noticed a long time ago that th > e ports are in a better shape around the release date of a new version. So, I > try to get it always around the release dates. But, some times - you know ho > w life is - I miss this date. It does not kill me but it leads some times to > extra work steps I can do but I see the problems people will face who know Fr > eeBSD not that well. > > > One doesn't have to live at the bleeding edge with ports if one > > doesn't want to even when compiling. One can live a day, a week, > > a month behind the bleeding edge and allow other to hit problems > > and report them. > > How is this done with the knowledge of a beginner? One reads the documentation. > Erich -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ 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"
