Ports upgrade policy

[Duane Whitty]

Mike Loiterman wrote:
> This is my supfile:
>
> *default  host=cvsup1.FreeBSD.org
> *default  base=/usr
> *default  prefix=/usr
> *default  release=cvs
> *default  tag=RELENG_6_0
> *default  delete use-rel-suffix
>
> src-all
>
> *default tag=.
> ports-all
> doc-all
>
> I have been using it like this for years, obviously changing to the latest
> release tag.  I haven't had problem and I'm not having problems, but my
> question is this:
>
> Is it advisable to sync my source to RELEASE, but to CURRENT for ports?
> Typically, I upgade my ports a few days after they get updated so I'm always
> running the latest version, but would it be better to sync both ports and
> source to RELEASE?
>   
Hi Mike,

It would be nice I guess if ports were tagged like src but they are not.
Basically HEAD is all there is vis-a-vis tags.  You can specify a
specific date however.

Duane
> Obviously, it depends, somewhat, on personal choice, but in terms of
> stablity and "correctness" which is better?
>
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