freebsd-ports VS freshports

Agreed.

I don't think the PR reviewer is calling the author in the example, and provided useful info, pointing out the relevant example.

Also, the author notes:

> The very first comment in the thread from a reviewer was simply only one word: “Why?” - That’s it, just one word. Why did I do this? Why work with such old hardware? Why is the sky blue? How the hell am I to know the context of what they’re referring to when asking a one-worded question?

Its clear from https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/pull/189#discussion... that the author is asking why is this line needed, something a PR author should always be able to justify.

From https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/blob/main/UPDATING:

KDE: Update KDE Plasma Desktop to 5.26 · freebsd/freebsd-ports@d06d26f | https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=d06d26f8c45e468021b1ec1def42fb1ce600a3dc

Say you really want to pin to Apache 2.5.54. Create a new empty repo, add a www/apache24 dir, and copy the files from that version of the ports tree into it.

They have not been stable

https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/commit/a43ec88422ee...

As for announcements: how would this information be delivered to you? :) Major breakages that impact users are expected to tracked in Ports (not pkgs) through review of /usr/ports/CHANGES and /usr/ports/UPDATING. If a port gets renamed (moved), you'll find it mentioned there, or possibly in /usr/ports/MOVED (not human-readable). You can view those on the GitHub mirror if you wish, since not everyone builds from Ports: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports

at https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/tree/main/chinese/chinese-calendar (for the port to FreeBSD) the files and Makefile are not too complex.

> FreeBSD Ports/packages are a great collection of software (~30000);

31969 per the "Statistics" sidebar at:

* https://www.freshports.org

For simplicity: FreshPorts is our friend.

You might want to check Freshports for more details on available software.

I agree. The lack of hardware support is a long-standing pain of all BSD systems. It is probably easier for me to use Free/OpenBSD as a desktop system because I do not follow software "fashions". I have enough for my needs. Although if you explore [freshports](www.freshports.org), you may suddenly find that there are programs for every task.

… at https://github.com/FreshPorts/freshports/issues/22

Where src is a requirement, maybe offer a hint · Issue #365 · FreshPorts/freshports

I'd look at freshports to search for software that's available on FreeBSD. Most things should probably work just fine.

Probably in between but you can move towards either side. Check out freshports to search for ports (what packages are built from).

Also check out https://www.freshports.org/ for all the software packages available.