From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Jul 20 11:29:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from norn.ca.eu.org (cr965240-b.abtsfd1.bc.wave.home.com [24.113.19.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE60B152F7 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 11:28:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cpiazza@norn.ca.eu.org) Received: by norn.ca.eu.org (Postfix, from userid 1002) id E6B4D758; Wed, 21 Jul 1999 11:25:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 11:25:23 -0700 From: Chris Piazza To: Steve Kargl Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: downgrading a port? Message-ID: <19990721112523.A1599@norn.ca.eu.org> References: <199907201749.KAA04279@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <199907201749.KAA04279@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>; from Steve Kargl on Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 10:49:17AM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 10:49:17AM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > What is the recommended procedure for down grading a port? > > I submitted an upgrade of lesstif from 0.88.1 to 0.88.9. > Chris Piazza(sp?) asked if I would be willing to maintain > this port, and I have agreed. However, about further > testing it appears that 0.88.1 is more stable than 0.88.9. > > Is it permissible to include a comment in the Makefile > to state that "0.88.1 appears more stable than 0.88.9, so > an upgrade to 0.88.9 will not be done"? Sure, just send a PR that 'upgrades' the port to an older version Having the comment there is a good idea so people don't keep sending upgrades to the port. -Chris -- cpiazza@home.net cpiazza@FreeBSD.org "I don't like principles. I prefer prejudices." -Oscar Wilde To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message