How far behind are the FTP mirrors?

Once the package builds finish, they are usually uploaded to ftp-master.FreeBSD.org within a few hours. This is a manual process, so that portmgr can inspect the output to make sure that there are no unexpected problems. Note: before the upload runs, the RESTRICTED packages are deleted.

Further note: any old packages are not automatically deleted by this process. This allows people who do not have the latest ports tree to still use packages. Once every few months, they are manually deleted to save space on the FTP servers.

It is up to the individual mirror administrator how often they update from ftp-master.FreeBSD.org. If they are using cvsup, this is probably once an hour. However, not all the mirror sites are administered equally. (Note, too, that not all sites mirror all buildenvs; the space requirements for nearly 17,000 packages across 12 buildenvs is quite large.)

Therefore, it was necessary to create a new page to show a summary.