port management practices

[Jason C. Wells]

christopher wrote:
> Hey, how does everyone manage their ports in terms of
> keeping them up-to-date?

I don't.

It's too much work. I don't update ports for the duration of a major 
release's life.  What ever ports came out for 6.3 (that's when I quit 
trying to manage ports) are typically what I am running.  When 7.1 is 
released (I don't run x.0 releases) I will reinstall ports based on a 
homegrown script and a couple text files.

My response is brief but I'll tell you I have tried everything. There 
was much suffering that went into my ports management method. I'm much 
happier now. I spend more time using my computers and less time 
maintaining them.

The problem is non-trivial.  I am curious how -ports folks maintain 
their sanity.  That's a phenomena worth studying.

Regards,
Jason