Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD?

[Graham Todd]

On Tue, 5 Jun 2012, Mark Linimon wrote:

> It's not particularly easy to see this on cvsweb.  But let's take a look
> at a random Mk/bsd.*.mk file via 'cvs log':
>
>  RCS file: /home/FreeBSD/pcvs/ports/Mk/bsd.apache.mk,v
>  Working file: bsd.apache.mk
>  head: 1.36
>  branch:
>  locks: strict
>  access list:
>  symbolic names:
>          RELEASE_8_3_0: 1.35
>          RELEASE_9_0_0: 1.33
>          RELEASE_7_4_0: 1.26
>          RELEASE_8_2_0: 1.26
>          RELEASE_6_EOL: 1.26
>  [...]
>          RELEASE_6_1_0: 1.9
>          RELEASE_5_5_0: 1.9
>  [...]
>
> and so forth.
>
> The line "RELEASE_8_3_0: 1.35" tells you "the version of this file
> as of tag RELEASE_8_3_0 was r1.35."  So that's what's on the 8.3R
> distribution media.

Is there any way to access this information using tools like pkg_* pkgng 
or ports make targets?  Or does one use cvs/svn?

ps: Thanks all for your work on ports!