svn commit: r458567 - head/net/isc-dhcp43-server
Ryan Steinmetz
zi at FreeBSD.org
Wed Jan 10 14:10:26 UTC 2018
On (01/10/18 13:32), Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
>On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 08:28:30AM -0500, Ryan Steinmetz wrote:
>> On (01/10/18 11:58), Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
>> > ...
>> > Something I've always been wondering about: why do we have both
>> > isc-dhcp43-* and isc-dhcp44-* ports in the tree? What is the
>> > difference between the two? Which one should be the preferred,
>> > default one?
>>
>> Historically, ISC has had multiple supported 'stable' versions of
>> isc-dhcpd. In this particular case, 4.4.x is an upcoming release and
>> the current version is a beta.
>>
>> Enterprises will typically stick with a particular stable release until
>> something compels them to go through the potential hassle/risk of
>> switching.
>>
>> At the moment, the isc-dhcp43-* would be considered preferred.
>
>Thanks. It would be nice if this information could be found in the ports'
>descriptions though. :-)
>
Found a URL on ISC's site that displays this and I've added it to the
pkg-descr:
Details on versioning/release information may be obtained here:
https://www.isc.org/downloads/
>./danfe
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