Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD?

[Super Bisquit]

On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Erich <erichfreebsdlist at ovitrap.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 03 June 2012 PM 5:14:10 Adam Strohl wrote:
>> On 6/3/2012 11:14, Erich wrote:
>> > What I really do not understand in this whole discussion is very simple. Is it just a few people who run into problems like this or is this simply ignored by the people who set the strategy for FreeBSD?
>> >
>> > I mention since yeares here that putting version numbers onto the port tree would solve many of these problems. All I get as an answer is that it is not possible.
>> >
>> > I think that this should be easily possible with the limitation that older versions do not have security fixes. Yes, but of what help is a security fix if there is no running port for the fix?
>>
>> I feel like I'm missing something.  Why would you ever want to go back
>> to an old version of the ports tree?  You're ignoring tons of security
>> issues!
>>
>> And if a port build is broken then the maintainer needs to fix it, that
>> is the solution.
>>
>> I must be missing something else here, it just seems like the underlying
>> "need" for this is misguided (and dangerous from a security perspective).
>
> yes, you miss a very simple thing. Updated this morning your ports tree. Your client asks for something for Monday morning for which you need now a program which needs some kind of PNG but you did not install it.
>
> Do you have a machine that is fast enough to upgrade all your ports and still finish what your client needs Monday morning?
>
> The ports tree is not broken as such. Only the installation gets broken in some sense. Have a version number there would allow people to go back to the last known working ports tree, install the software - or whatever has to be done - with a working system.
>
> Of course, the next step will be an upgrade. But only after the work which brings in the money is done.
>
> You do not face this problem on Windows. You can run a 10 year old 'kernel' and still install modern software.
>
> Erich
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I am not currently using FreeBSD because I am transient, two laptops
and only one works, not able to set up a FreeBSD system- using Linux.