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Date:      Fri, 3 Feb 2012 01:59:20 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Rene Ladan <rene@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports MOVED ports/x11-wm Makefile ports/x11-wm/xfce Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/x11-wm/xfce/files patch-ltmain.sh patch-other::xinitrc.in patch-xfce::taskbar.c
Message-ID:  <20120203015920.GA66683@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4F2B08B3.8060204@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201202021607.q12G7Q1i070404@repoman.freebsd.org> <20120202163919.GA95614@FreeBSD.org> <4F2B08B3.8060204@FreeBSD.org>

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On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 02:05:39PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> On 02/02/2012 08:39, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 04:07:26PM +0000, Rene Ladan wrote:
> >> rene        2012-02-02 16:07:26 UTC
> >>
> >>   Log:
> >>   Remove expired port:
> >>   2012-02-01 x11-wm/xfce: abandoned upstream, use x11-wm/xfce4 instead
> > 
> > Perhaps it makes sense to move x11-wm/xfce4 -> x11-wm/xfce now?  
> 
> No, please don't do that. These moves are *very* disruptive to users,
> especially when you're trying to update ports on a system that hasn't
> been updated in a while.

Sure, I am not strongly advocating for it, just asking.  Perhaps if pkgng
will allow "shallow" port moves (i.e. updating only package information
under /var/pkg/db) there'll be less worries.

./danfe



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