Subject: Re: stable symlink for quarterly branch downloads ?
To: None <tech-pkg@NetBSD.org>
From: John Nemeth <jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 10/29/2007 16:51:03
On Feb 13,  7:55pm, "Jeremy C. Reed" wrote:
} On Sun, 28 Oct 2007, Roland Illig wrote:
} > Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
} > > I am looking at http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/ftp-layout.html
} > > 
} > > How about having a stable symlink to match latest quarterly branch uploaded
} > > for the OPSYS/ARCH/OSVERSION_* ?
} > 
} > Would be fine with me. Feel free to add them. I will care about keeping them
} > up-to-date.
} 
} I forgot something. What if the latest quarterly branch becomes very old 
} (like two quarters behind)? Then a "stable" identification would be wrong.

     Then pkgsrc would be well on its way to being dead.  I don't think
this is a major concern.

}-- End of excerpt from "Jeremy C. Reed"