Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:38:20 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller23@insightbb.com> Cc: dinoex@freebsd.org, Niclas Zeising <zeising@daemonic.se>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: graphics/png status, when will 1.5.13 appear in ports? Message-ID: <CAF6rxgncO39xC5mfJUzHoE_bHthq53GZD%2Bq4u-Zq6BJWGfb5Og@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7A.03.12564.25BDB705@smtp02.insight.synacor.com> References: <7A.03.12564.25BDB705@smtp02.insight.synacor.com>
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On 15 October 2012 05:45, Thomas Mueller <mueller23@insightbb.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 3:07 AM, Thomas Mueller <mueller23@insightbb.com> 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 <zeising@daemonic.se> 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
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