On 6/17/06, Tony Abernethy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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?
Ok Tony take this case. there is a software called foo suppose 3.9 installs foo.1.1.1 if you use ports. now a few security holes are found in foo.1.1.1 So the foo developers release foo.1.1.2 And the foo developers *strongly encourage* everybody running foo.1.1.1 to upgrade to foo.1.1.2 as soon as possible. So what is the best wat to do it in the present ports system? Now, "The "most updated software version"" was a general statement. What I mentioned above is what I intend to do. Of course we donot want to have when a new version when it has more bugs BUT we would love to have an updated version when it is better that the old one isn't it? Now finding out if the new version is better or worse than the old one is my home work *before* I upgrade. Hope I made my question less ambigious. I know I shouldn't mix current and stable ports because it is not supported. All I did was talk of a thing I would like to see to Marc Balmer's question on "what is wrong with our own package tools," I am not even implying that there is something wrong. Possibly i am missing some knowledge about our package/ports system too Kind Regards Siju
