why 100 packages are evil

[Glen Barber]

On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 03:21:38AM +0000, Glen Barber wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 08:17:15PM -0700, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> > With freebsd-update, an announcement comes out that says 'update'!.  So we
> > do.  Move from 10.2-p11 to 10.2-p12.  There is a very clear track record of
> > why and how this happened.
> > 
> > What will be the new update frequency with >100 base packages?
> 
> Same as it is now for releases.  Packages will be available for SAs/ENs.
> 
> There is no intention to change this model.
> 

Furthermore, not every package will be updated with an SA/EN; just the
one(s) affected.  Which is why I find the complaining over 700+ packages
to be quite nonsensical, since we're reducing the bandwidth required for
a binary update.

Glen

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