OpenBSD ports build the base packages that are used to install, so saying "packages are out of date, but ports are not" is nonsense, and more likely due to running RELEASE (which doesn't get version updates backported to it). If you run CURRENT, the packages there are the latest that ports have been updated to (chromium 32, for example, is available in CURRENT, but on my STABLE laptop (RELEASE + security backports) lists chromium 28).
It helps to know the software at least on a "big picture" view before you criticize it. On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 1:17 PM, <openda...@hushmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Are OpenBSD's packages extremely outdated? What would you say to this > guy? > > "At least with Linux I don't have to wait 6 hours for all my software > to finish compiling. Think about all the trees that are unnecessarily > cut down because of all that compiling. [...snip...] OpenBSD only has > a small number of precompiled packages, and usually extremely > outdated. If you want to get anything useful you have to compile > ports." > > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7196494 > > Thanks! > > O.D. > > -- Computers are like air conditioners... They quit working when you open Windows.
