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Date:      Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:25:20 -0800
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>
Cc:        Mikhail Teterin <mi+mill@aldan.algebra.com>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org>, Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com>, cvs-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/net/ekiga pkg-plist
Message-ID:  <479BC160.4080207@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <op.t5jru6xx9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
References:  <200801201628.m0KGSlq6037319@repoman.freebsd.org> <200801212057.33990@aldan> <20080122022122.GA37321@k7.mavetju> <200801220929.29201.mi%2Bmill@aldan.algebra.com> <1201027632.54891.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <479B6A3D.10108@FreeBSD.org> <op.t5jru6xx9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>

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Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> What about users' systems that use
> ports? What if one of user decide to uninstall ekiga? It will ending up
> with leftover files in their system. Bump is need to have their system
> clean.

I admit that is a case I had not considered. I suppose in light of
that issue, bumping makes more sense, even if it is still unpalatable.

> As for not like to build again, perhaps we need to come up with
> new *VERSION like PLISTVERSION that will only fix plist without have to
> rebuild.

Yes, that would be very nice indeed. It would require some thought on
how to do it right, but I think this would be a very nice addition.

Doug

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