From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 21 19:13:53 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05BC516A41F for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:13:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wxs@syn.csh.rit.edu) Received: from syn.csh.rit.edu (syn.csh.rit.edu [129.21.60.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BEC543D66 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:13:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wxs@syn.csh.rit.edu) Received: from syn.csh.rit.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by syn.csh.rit.edu (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jALJDg0G068255; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:13:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wxs@syn.csh.rit.edu) Received: (from wxs@localhost) by syn.csh.rit.edu (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id jALJDaS0068254; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:13:36 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wxs) Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:13:35 -0500 From: Wesley Shields To: Vizion Message-ID: <20051121191335.GA56240@csh.rit.edu> References: <200511210839.56424.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200511210839.56424.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UPDATING - needs updating? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:13:53 -0000 On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 08:39:55AM -0800, Vizion wrote: > Hi > > I have noticed that some earlier notices relating to some ports in UPDATING > appear as though they have been made out of data by newer notices (e.g kde > 20050804 seems to replace 20050324) and sometimes the instructions conflict > with one another. While I presuime the latest notice always takes precedence > I wonder if it would be possible to have notices that are no longer current > removed from UPDATING. I think this is probably a bad idea, simply from a historical perspective. If I wanted to chase down a bug that was available only for a specified time period I would like to know the corresponding UPDATING entries. > I know I would find it useful to have an html version of UPDATING with an > index page by port with a link to the notices. How easy it would be to do > this automatically as UPDATING is upfated I do not know but I throw the idea > out there in case anyone feels like catching it. I believe freshports.org can do this already, though backwards. Rather than looking through UPDATING for links to the individual ports you can find the corresponding entries in the individual ports themselves (see www.freshports.org/x11/xterm as an example). -- WXS