Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:24:41 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No-op port updates Message-ID: <20101016212441.GA3815@straylight.ringlet.net> In-Reply-To: <4CB9D73B.1080800@FreeBSD.org> References: <AANLkTi=sPgM4o0TPTpEJmp5KmrKFHtPbKYTdZAXE%2B4tW@mail.gmail.com> <4CB9D73B.1080800@FreeBSD.org>
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--n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 09:47:55AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > On 10/16/2010 8:30 AM, Rob Farmer wrote: > >What is the best practice for no-op port updates - i.e. version 1.0 > >and 1.1 produce identical FreeBSD packages but they might be different > >on Linux/elsewhere? Update to have to port appear "current" or avoid > >forcing people to do unnecessary updates? >=20 > When faced with similar situations in the past I have chosen not to > update, until the whinging became too extreme. :) This is one of > those where there is no "right" answer. I've sometimes added a comment to the port's Makefile explaining the needlessness of an update. G'luck, Peter --=20 Peter Pentchev roam@space.bg roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 This sentence was in the past tense. --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJMuhgZAAoJEGUe77AlJ98TD2kQAJ0ITzTX/E6K4LikEXt8z5GO 14YHaZvnIshzUmSNR68Yll4qhz8zwaQFDJrAJ5OUndxiyotkjsv2TzTi5orZWMDN nScF4mojDpXZ2sg72LBvrWvKiVl+J+Ffig5gSk8i/LeZWB4Y7AUBxnjHx+0VdHTr 7o/inb2csnhw1x+prSAhNDWOnTfB3iYuUYMeyeLwXoplBma4293t14xQlhCOJ/Ie 8yIekvBWOq0O85CLANohLxlph/5rtgf+aEquwylEt/NFjf+71/wBN9ZlRoouD4DZ oiviNXx2J1CaIMebQnD54DvdQJuIUYIFzy4zPb0dvjzLaG6WiSEu2Q1Vcka6VEgB 4wvFxTSdTxkLN+3Isn9gyNfjwJz07PiF0kAHfA4IuLSo4vPBlUEfDLlae/cHFF0G 2zdUH5c0g18lujNHH3aA6oPj7TLiZnj4BAYWhmIomERio8D+Yss4/KdbmnyumbME dhlhxDCUbx1l5yTdxrnwVSuoIemQG+4s1A+ev7bBgbGlLMnJ2dUp8BduwYgRBr+u HOW6+2F85CqgcOhub9GaT+wWw5Zgb6RxKQ0Mk1xthroy28+ucp+8+M7Fe3acTDff t6YDyGATGuntwGV7woNdQR8Egat6Kqh0jLlu7+yBx3iO55fn4fYYnoGCy4D5Ea5A lCFKp4TUJ/I4p5seQ9NY =yuI6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1--
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