On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 09:12:13PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Hi Ed, > > Ed Gray wrote on Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 07:21:32PM +0100: > > > I'm still fairly new to openbsd and the idea of using ports > > in general rather than binary packages. > > You are usually better off using packages than using ports, > especially as a new user. > > Even as an experienced user doing lots of development and minor > amounts of ports development, i use packages most of the time.
As one of the persons *responsible* for keeping the ports system working, I do use packages all the time. Ports are on my development setup. The machine I write this mail from uses packages, with about 3 ports that are just there because not committed yet.
