url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/quarterly" This is the default configura...

JdeBP · on Oct 19, 2018

Not originally it wasn't. That was a change in 10.2 .

* https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/a-mini-faq-on-pkg.49694/p...

* https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports-announce/2...

4ad · on Oct 19, 2018

It's the default now, and 10.2 was released over three years ago. What exactly is your point?

JdeBP · on Oct 23, 2018

That your configuring your system to be on these update cycles is very probably why your system is on these update cycles. This should have been abundantly clear.