From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 15 12:38:51 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66155B1D for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:38:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-pb0-f54.google.com (mail-pb0-f54.google.com [209.85.160.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D2818FC0A for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:38:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f54.google.com with SMTP id rp8so5192002pbb.13 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 05:38:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=5yRjk/z9zqqEr8y4O48TJe1JadmCTyXGSo+G7Cx9IOM=; b=uPcgt9D8Ibsyfi9YqErlVQH0sbGwk/og6MAgfmFQKEak/BV8FMaQSkwF/gfsHsvRgh L5tWcg3xpHejUbiyYjGtuCGHiWaUlvd9AWd2JmZqxSDZeiPLDEnKT6dweFl8dhEYW5bn nlthv3hcy56FDZtQ7fNOi+A+x+d/8Gi5U4iq4= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=5yRjk/z9zqqEr8y4O48TJe1JadmCTyXGSo+G7Cx9IOM=; b=FjqKlfyBrqmkH61fFo83Wr5la4pCwxbSjvVpY8e7L1cP+huL02zChBcoZh2TbZBz9P dj4mCuyoCgFz1PqRDqeU6XSplekbU2qUpeLfsw2vhf2XsstcZn5b4BWo6qCCCId/j4Yk MPX9p4MN1ZXsS51qL6y4ODJV2OQHgbRELEiK9px+3EMFnwCkKPhhb+8fSbQTl0hW13id 23WzwifwjPpKyD5hNvO1BgowkXjsrdY/ESa/APQ/MjGphQNZXLwHYnuSEGl0Us0cHuUy y+5EsgHcjgYW2YUb/WLmIwj15dJax+Lv+gm5NYEcJJ/6qYeXQC4/QdchGjfw5Vwjcml3 /drA== Received: by 10.68.129.72 with SMTP id nu8mr36781098pbb.29.1350304730411; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 05:38:50 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.66.161.163 with HTTP; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 05:38:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <7A.03.12564.25BDB705@smtp02.insight.synacor.com> References: <7A.03.12564.25BDB705@smtp02.insight.synacor.com> From: Eitan Adler Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:38:20 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: graphics/png status, when will 1.5.13 appear in ports? To: Thomas Mueller Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmb66g2QphpKp+fCXd6Ywzb0FHgFtw+r6GPBlqglELpQJ58fWMvbLMI/2Z9JB7/w7f7fpiP Cc: dinoex@freebsd.org, Niclas Zeising , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:38:51 -0000 On 15 October 2012 05:45, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 3:07 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> > From my original post: > >> >> I think graphics/png is at 1.5.12 in FreeBSD ports but 1.5.13? > >> >> Does anybody know when 1.5.13 will appear or if there is a particular snag? > >> > Niclas Zeising responded: > >> >> Since we are in a feature freeze, and graphics/png is the dependency of >> >> a lot of ports, I don't think we'll see it in before 9.1 is released. I >> >> am not the maintainer however, so I'm only guessing. >> >> Have you tried to update the port yourself, and send the patch as a pr? > >> > I hadn't thought of that, but if I could do that, it would help me better >> > understand and work with the ports framework. But would anybody commit it? > >> > But png-1.5.13 was released upstream some time before the FreeBSD ports >> > feature freeze. Yes, I know graphics/png is a dependency of many ports, from >> > the +REQUIRED_BY file in /var/db/ports/png-1.x.y > >> > Tom > >> First, try contacting the maintainer, dinoex@. It's possible that >> Dirk already has the update ready and waiting for 9.1-release. If not, >> he would probably be happy to have someone else provide a head start. > >> While the formal freeze has not been in place for long, an informal >> freeze for a few ports has been in place for a while. The port >> maintainers of things like Gnome, which have potential for massive >> impact, have been holding off on major up-dates. graphics/png is >> pretty much on the same category. > >> Once 9.1 is out and has had a bit of time to be sure that there are no >> major surprises, I expect a really massive churn in ports. This is >> fairly typical for new releases. >> -- >> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > > I didn't realize the FreeBSD ports people would be so cautious with png. [5810 eitan@radar ~ ]%grep png-1.5 -c /usr/ports/INDEX-10 6036 might help explain why. :) -- Eitan Adler