Re: pkgsrc-stable branch stories?

[Anne Bennett <anne%porcupine.montreal.qc.ca@localhost>]

We are asked:

>> I'm curious as to how many people are using the pkgsrc 
>> "stable" branches (pkgsrc-YYYYQQ)...  

Jason Boyer answers:

> I use NetBSD as my normal desktop at home, so I like that I can update
> pkgsrc and expect everything that I was using before to keep working
> afterward. I keep up with audit-packages but it's nice only having to worry
> about a large rebuild every quarter. 

Same here.

I agree with another poster that a complete rebuild every quarter
seems like a lot, but perhaps once I learn to use pkg_chk and
pkg_comp, it won't seem so bad.


Anne.
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