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Re: pkgsrc-stable branch stories?
On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 11:18:14AM -0400, Johnny Lam wrote:
> I'm curious as to how many people are using the pkgsrc "stable" branches
> (pkgsrc-YYYYQQ). The pkgsrc developers spend quite a bit of time
> creating and maintaining these branches, and I want to get a feel for
> whether this is time well-spent.
>
> I personally use the stable branch on production servers. I find it
> avoids the chaos of keeping up with rapidly changing PKGREVISIONs that
> happen on pkgsrc HEAD at times. I keep a sandbox handy for rebuilding
> packages when there is a security update on the stable branch, and I
> update all of my software to the newest stable branch every quarter.
>
> Is anyone else using the pkgsrc stable branch? If so, how do you use it?
I do, in about the same way as you do, but using the binaries I also upload to
/pub/NetBSD/packages/ :)
Even when creating a new packages, I usually do it on the stable branch first
(because it's what I have on my developement boxes too)
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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