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Date:      Thu, 11 Jul 2019 07:25:59 +1200
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
To:        Jan Beich <jbeich@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Jason de Cordoba <jason@aventia.pw>, ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ffmpeg port
Message-ID:  <CAJuc1zM4%2Bvu8ptjL-R0OYWnGC6hJDOGiOYVhmV-knUe8ydcdWA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1ryy-rtgr-wny@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <2288dfa5-0ec0-d1f5-eeca-066260604c22@aventia.pw> <1ryy-rtgr-wny@FreeBSD.org>

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On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 at 00:01, Jan Beich <jbeich@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> (CC'ing appropriate public list. If you want me to care don't send private mails.)
>
> Jason de Cordoba <jason@aventia.pw> writes:
>
> > OMG
> >
> > Please stick with something stable and don't update this port 5-6 times
> > a month.
> >
> > Thanks for your contributions to FreeBSD
> >
> > Have a great day,
> >
> > Jason
>
> I mainly bump PORTREVISION when ABI changes. Bumping for non-default
> options is a policy described in Porter's Handbook.
>
> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/makefile-naming.html#makefile-portrevision

You should be praised for doing the _right_ thing, instead of being
criticized. It's up to each port-user as to whether they want to
update their pkgs or not. The only expectation most users have is that
it should _work_, build times are irrelevant.

My 2 cents.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>



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