[Resolved] Why 13.1-BETA1 packages are three months behind of 13.0-RELEASE ?

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Hello all.

Can someone please explain why packages in FreeBSD 13.1-BETA1 are outdated, three to four months behind those in 13.0-RELEASE ? Why the whole packages repository has not been move to 13.1-BETA1 as expected ? When the packages repository will be synced ?

I have just installed 13.1-BETA1 to new laptop (I needed latest driver updates to get some hardware working), then trying to install KiCAD from packages I discovered that kicad-5.1.12,2 is the latest available, while kicad-6.0.2_1,2 is available in 13.0-RELEASE. The problem is that in KiCAD 6 cad file syntax has changed, so there's no way back to KiCAD 5 for me now.

Code: 
root@butterfly:/home/rz # uname -a
FreeBSD butterfly 13.1-BETA1 FreeBSD 13.1-BETA1 #3: Sun Mar 13 06:28:35 +05 2022     rz@butterfly:/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/sys/GENERIC amd64
root@butterfly:/home/rz # pkg search kicad
kicad-5.1.12,2                 Schematic and PCB editing software
kicad-devel-r20211218003137    Schematic and PCB editing software
kicad-doc-5.1.12               KiCad Documentation and Help Files
kicad-library-footprints-5.1.12 Official KiCad Footprint Libraries
kicad-library-footprints-devel-r20211218014246 Official KiCad Footprint Libraries for the future Kicad version 5
kicad-library-packages3d-5.1.12 Official KiCad 3D model libraries for rendering and MCAD integration
kicad-library-packages3d-devel-r20211024155528 Official KiCad 3D model libraries for rendering and MCAD integration
kicad-library-symbols-5.1.12   Official KiCad schematic symbol libraries
kicad-library-symbols-devel-r20211218014624 Official KiCad schematic symbol libraries for the future Kicad 5 release
kicad-library-tmpl-5.1.12      Official KiCad project templates
kicad-library-tmpl-devel-r20211020181507 Official KiCad project templates

Code: 
rz@mustodon:~ % uname -a
FreeBSD mustodon 13.0-RELEASE-p7 FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE-p7 #2: Mon Mar  7 06:14:37 +05 2022     rz@mustodon:/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/sys/ASUSVX7  amd64
rz@mustodon:~ % pkg search kicad
kicad-6.0.2_1,2                Schematic and PCB editing software
kicad-devel-r20220303163317    Schematic and PCB editing software
kicad-doc-6.0.2                KiCad Documentation and Help Files
kicad-library-footprints-6.0.2 Official KiCad Footprint Libraries
kicad-library-footprints-devel-r20220303153735 Official KiCad Footprint Libraries for the future Kicad version 5
kicad-library-packages3d-6.0.2 Official KiCad 3D model libraries for rendering and MCAD integration
kicad-library-packages3d-devel-r20220225191015 Official KiCad 3D model libraries for rendering and MCAD integration
kicad-library-symbols-6.0.2    Official KiCad schematic symbol libraries
kicad-library-symbols-devel-r20220303113929 Official KiCad schematic symbol libraries for the future Kicad 5 release
kicad-library-tmpl-6.0.2       Official KiCad project templates
kicad-library-tmpl-devel-r20220102203714 Official KiCad project templates
 
You're obviously using the latest package repository on your 13.0 install, while your freshly installed 13.1, like all RELEASE branches, defaults to quarterly, which doesn't offer the latest versions.

To switch to latest, create /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf with the following content:
Code: 
FreeBSD: {
  url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest",
  mirror_type: "srv",
  signature_type: "fingerprints",
  fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
  enabled: yes
}
 
You are absolutely right, thanks!

On my 13.0-RELEASE machine there's a pkg conf file that was installed by default with the following content:

Code: 
rz@mustodon:~ % ll /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/bleeding-edge.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  63 Aug 21  2021 /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/bleeding-edge.conf

rz@mustodon:~ % cat /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/bleeding-edge.conf
FreeBSD: {
  url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest"
}

Somehow I thought it is default behavior now to run on bleeding edge. ;-)

PS: Aug 21 2021 is the day system was installed in that machine.
 
I never saw such a file present by default, but I didn't install a fresh 13.0-RELEASE either.
Are you sure you didn't create it yourself?
If yes, is it on amd64 or another platform? What kind of image did you use for installation?
 
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