question about frequency of updates

[James Griffin]

----- Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> [2013-02-12 14:52:17 -0600] ----- :

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> On Feb 12, 2013, at 14:13, Comer Duncan wrote:
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> > I am wondering whether I might put in a  task in launchd to automatically do something like  'sudo port selfupdate;  sudo port upgrade outdated' ?  Or should I just make a reminder to run these by hand occasionally? I would like it if the macport distribution would be reasonably "self-updating"...since I tend to forget.
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> We're not very automatically-updating at the moment unfortunately. It's probably a better idea to set a reminder to do it yourself manually every month or two, because ports will often print messages that you need to read and act upon.

Personally, I'd say updating once a month is sufficient. That's the frequency I update myself anyway. 

Jamie

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