Upgrade without Internet access

Steve O'Hara-Smith steve at sohara.org
Mon Oct 4 08:11:53 UTC 2021


On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 09:42:37 +0200
Mark Tinka <mark at tinka.africa> wrote:

> I have noticed, though, that there seems to be some delays for binaries 
> to become available after release compared to ports. I'm not sure what 
> the release strategy is as I don't use packages, but I've spoken with 
> friends who are normally a week or two later for the same apps we both
> use.

	That's probably simply build farm cycle delays. I use the quarterly
releases, I've no reason to track the bleeding edge these days so a week or
two is of no consequence to me - but yeah that's a reason to favour ports.

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Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve at sohara.org>


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