Siju George wrote: > > On 6/17/06, Marc Balmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Han Boetes wrote: > > > > > I've been working for quite some time now on an alternative > > > package-manager for OpenBSD, and since things start working rather > > > fine now I think it's time to let you guys know. > > > > this is about the most idiotic wast of time I ever heard of. what is > > wrong with our own package tools, > > > > One think I would like to use would be a utility like FreeBSD's > portupgrade ( with upgraded ports tree ofcourse ) to easily upgrade > installed ports. Don't know how easy it would be to make with our > ports system. > > The reason being the wish to use the most updated third party > software version. > > Kind Regards > > Siju
I'm outa my depth here (flames invited, naturally) but seems like you'd get better odds mixing stable with current (and that's the same stuff done by the same people with the same idea of which end is up) Further, since everybody is supposed to know that certain stuff is not even supposed to work when mixed, this actually allows the OpenBSD developers to invade turf that Linux cannot attempt. (Something like the first rule of communication is that you have to be able to talk to your self --- not that easy, actually) The "most updated software version" must be synonymous with the latest bugs. Which are better, the old familiar bugs you know about or the new improved bugs nobody's heard of?
