Ports upgrade policy

[Mike Loiterman]

Erik Trulsson <mailto:ertr1013 at student.uu.se> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 04:18:13AM -0400, Duane Whitty wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Ports *are* tagged for each release, but they are not branched.

Yes, I know, which is why I asked the question...which is better?

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