#23375: Stable tree -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Reporter: lhunath@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: base | Version: 1.8.2 Keywords: | Port: -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- As a Mac user, I like to know my system "just works", unfortunately, while this holds true for most of my native applications; MacPorts has always seemed like the sore thumb. When I do get most of my applications to a version where they seem to sit happily, I'm almost afraid of running '''port selfupdate'''. Whenever I do a large update after some months, there are pretty much always packages that either don't compile or have other issues such as runtime problems. Perhaps we should consider providing a '''stable''' branch/tree, to address the permanent state of brokenness which is inherent of the way MacPorts currently works and is being maintained. This could be addressed by maintaining a stable tag for each package that gets updated only if for a certain amount of time no bugs have been filed against it, or some such. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/23375> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS