Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 21:38:47 -0600 From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>, Jan Beich <jbeich@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Misuse of PORTREVISION (Re: svn commit: r434379 - head/multimedia/x265) Message-ID: <20170222033847.GA613@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <b3d7a07d-02cb-062d-175e-4e1a222cf96e@aldan.algebra.com> References: <20170218210541.82AA915F6@freefall.freebsd.org> <f23cecfc-d669-e62b-1916-1e16e66fb3eb@aldan.algebra.com> <a9be8749-360f-15fb-aa75-93a378371c51@FreeBSD.org> <d5e81c35-41fe-4f5c-4f45-e069d93ce911@aldan.algebra.com> <fee7b990-45db-1e52-22d8-fb1b21e9c030@FreeBSD.org> <17b5afa1-c0b4-a79e-aea1-d0ae918469e8@aldan.algebra.com> <d7c63770-e949-476c-adea-909146150f14@FreeBSD.org> <b3d7a07d-02cb-062d-175e-4e1a222cf96e@aldan.algebra.com>
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On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 07:44:41PM -0500, Mikhail T. wrote: > On 21.02.2017 19:03, Mathieu Arnold wrote: > >Like as said, as soon as you fix portmaster and portupgrade, you can > >stop bumping PORTREVISION. (I say you, as it seems to be important to > >you, so you may want to work on it.) > > Actually, portupgrade already handles this situation -- > even if imperfectly. When upgrading a port to install a > newer shared library-version, it will preserve the old > shared library(ies) for the depending ports to keep > working, if any. > > >But, as long as nobody does that, you will continue to bump PORTREVISION. > > I will, huh? > > -mi Obviously I consider his attitude objectionable. If he continues in this route I will be asking for formal permission to commit the necessary portrevision bumps to his ports over his objection. You may forward this mail to him if you feel appropriate. mcl
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