Re: howdee + 3.7 pkg testing

[Jacob Meuser <jakemsr_(_at_)_jakemsr_(_dot_)_com>]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 12:34:32AM -0700, harold felton wrote:
> howdee,
> 
> fairly-new to obsd, finally have my system up,
> but not really usable for much yet.  am reading
> and searching as much as possible, but...
> 
> i want to know how to test/report-issues with
> the pkg-system, particularly in the upcoming 3.7
> release since that is on-my-mind.  i have trouble
> determining whether it is just user-error, or im
> actually finding real-issues...  is there someplace
> where people are discussing pkg-maintenance?

ports_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org

> (ive been watching ports-lists, but havent seen
> much discussion there for a noob, like me.  also,
> im currently biased towards pkgs, not ports yet.)
> 
> background-details:
> computer - p3-500, yada-yada-yada  [it works ok]
> goal - obsd-current server, specifically samba/subversion/...
> 
> current-status:
> obsd-3.6 from cd installed-great, but no pkg for subversion
> followed _3_6-stable for awhile, but ports were non-obvious.
> snapshot-3.7 upgrade from ftp.crimelabs.net [2005-04-16-ish]
>  worked fine, but pkg-system was out-of-date [04-05-ish]
>  and i kept having problems installing things.

10 days difference is too far out of sync.  -current is a lot
different than -stable.

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