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> doesn't have enough maintainers to keep a stable ports tree, so every update can break your setup You mean frozen package versions + backported security fixe
by magic_quotes 10y ago
> doesn't have enough maintainers to keep a stable ports tree, so every update can break your setup
You mean frozen package versions + backported security fixes as in stable Debian branch? I think Debian is pretty unique in trying to support the whole world.
Just to clarify, FreeBSD as a project only supports the base system. Ports tree doesn't have any notion of releases and is intended to be always kept up to date, akin to Gentoo portage or Arch linux packages.
- sameaa12321-3 10y ago>You mean frozen package versions + backported security fixes as in stable Debian branch? I think Debian is pretty unique in trying to support the whole world. >Just to clarify, FreeBSD as a project only supports the base system. Ports tree doesn't have any notion of releases and is intended to be always kept up to date, akin to Gentoo portage or Arch linux packages. Yes. I understand the amount of work Debian admins put in (which is why I stick with Debian, even though nixos/guix seems much more interesting), but it's a strong advantage.