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If you want updated packages as soon as they are available you can always use ports.
by Sothis 11y ago
If you want updated packages as soon as they are available you can always use ports.
- jarcane 11y agoI often have, is ports exempt from this quarterly system though?
- gdwatson 11y agoTo my understanding, one package set is built from the head of ports; that's been the default till now. Every quarter they create a new branch from the head, give it a little time (weeks?) to shake out the bugs, and build the quarterly package set from that; this will be the new default. I've been using the quarterly package set for some time now to avoid the occasional breakage I saw on the latest package set. Having three-month-old software is a totally worthwhile trade off for me. There's no reason I know of that you couldn't switch back to the latest package set and keep building your ports from the head of the tree.
- msbarnett 11y agoAFAIK portsnap has no concept of pulling from anything other than HEAD when updating the tree. You have to explicitly ask for quarterly via cvsup, if you only want quarterly release ports.