On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 01:07:17PM +0000, Jonathan Thornburg wrote:

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> First, I'd like to thank those who provided useful responces to my

> query (which started this thread), both on- and off-list.  I had missed

> the announcement (http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=119347390302171&w=1)

> that -stable ports & packages are no longer maintained.

> 

As I recall from the FAQ and installation manual, an overall

philosphy for OpenBSD is that the package system is the

recommended. Users are encouraged to install from binary

packages. And regular users should follow the stable

branch.
Does this still apply. It seems not from this thread, so

in what way should a regular user now follow the stable branch?
And yes, it should be in the FAQ.
Or is this just a temporary setback?
> Because -stable ports/packages updates no longer exist,

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> it seems to me that section 15.2.8 of the FAQ

> (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#PkgSecurity) is now incorrect.

> It currently reads:

> > When serious bugs or security flaws are discovered in third party

> > software, they are fixed in the -stable branch of the ports tree,

> > and a selection of updated binary packages is made available.

> >

> > Please refer to the stable packages page to find out about updated

> > packages and important updates to the -stable branch.

>

> The obvious "fix" is to simply delete these two paragraphs from

> section 15.2.8 of the FAQ.  Comments?

>

> ciao,

>

> --

> -- Jonathan Thornburg (remove -animal to reply)

>    School of Mathematics, U of Southampton, England

>    "Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the

>     powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."

>                                       -- quote by Freire / poster by Oxfam

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