Newer FreeBSD version for package breaks binary updates
Kurt Jaeger
lists at opsec.eu
Mon Jan 15 15:51:54 UTC 2018
Hi!
> I understand that message, but besides that this was hardly a
> problem in the past (especially for minor version differences), it
> also forces people to update at the same time as FreeBSD package
> builders, which has consequences.
For current, yes. That's the bleading edge stuff anyway...
> Is adding this dependency really what we want, will package builder
> updates scheduled in a predictable way, so system update cycles of
> users can be aligned, etc.? Otherwise this just adds another way
> to cut users from updating packages/forces them back to building
> packages themselves.
The question is: who from the non-developer user-base really uses current ?
And those from the developer-base: Who has their own package-builder ?
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