Avoiding source code on production servers

[Tonix (Antonio Nati)]

Tonix (Antonio Nati) wrote:
>> I'm in the phase of planning my new generation of FreeBSD servers, 
>> and I would love to make them more easy to upgrade.
>> Main problem I have currently is I do not want any source code on 
>> production server, so freebsd-update is welcome, but... what about 
>> packages?
>> I would use packages, but they are not easy to upgrade, while ports 
>> can be easy to upgrade, but need to have sources an servers.
Thanks to all which answered, both publicy and privately.
It looks to be a topic in which FreeBSD could be improved a lot.

Is there any way we can drive/suggest something to do?
Could be used Google Summer's code or something similar 8also sponsored 
by us)?

Thanks,
Tonino


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