Re:FreeBSD 13.0 – Full Desktop Experience
by throwawayboise on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @03:44PM
(#26495948)
They do now.
Binary packages for -stable are rebuilt only for security issues or other major fixes. Simply call pkg_add(1) with the -u flag to get the new files.
But that's just not true, check out how often they rebuild Chromium for their stable branch.
Re:FreeBSD 13.0 – Full Desktop Experience
by chungy on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @06:14PM
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Chromium isn't part of the base system. There's some misunderstanding here between the base system and ports.
Sure they do, and he talked just about the system, remember packets and the system are two different thing in the bsd-world.
I doubt anyone manages to get with just the OpenBSD system on their desktop. Browsers in particular are a gaping security hole if not updated regularly.
No Chromium, no Firefox.
Because it's already in the official package-tree:
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.8/packages-stable/amd6...
firefox-esr-78.8.0.tgz
But that won't keep your system up to date with security patches, because OpenBSD does not rebuild binary packages.