Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:36:57 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: RELEASE_x_y_EOL ports tags [Was: Re: Who was the mental genius] Message-ID: <53951DC9.9030604@bluerosetech.com> In-Reply-To: <20140606090550.0d1a8510@X220.alogt.com> References: <C38D07C36CF649C84A3B9362@localhost> <20140606090550.0d1a8510@X220.alogt.com>
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On 6/5/2014 6:05 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 05 Jun 2014 15:09:53 -0500
> Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> That decided it was a good idea to completely break ports to force
>> people to upgrade? You couldn't come up with a warning system
>> instead of outright breaking ports? The idiots are apparently
>> running the asylum. {{sigh}}
>>
>
> this is the reason why I am asking for versions on the ports tree since
> a decade. Ok, we have the revision now. Just go back in the revision
> until it works. It is a good practice to make a note of the revision of
> the running ports tree you have before updating it.
We do have that. We have RELEASE_X_EOL tags that identify the last
known-good ports tree for a given major branch. Unfortunately, this
time the break happened in the middle of the 8.x lifespan, so there is
no handy EOL tag.
Perhaps a RELEASE_x_y_EOL tag would be a useful thing to add whenever
there is a break like this? It certainly would be an easier mnemonic to
say "check out the RELEASE_8_3_EOL tag" instead of "check out R112358".
Hell, the prior's even self-documenting if someone happened to stumble
across http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/tags/.
We already have tags going back through 20 years of releases (just in
case you want a ports tree that works with release 2.0.5) and an
established policy of tagging for "last known good" at the major level.
I don't think a few more tags are going to hurt if it saves someone
the hassle of dancing up to the line of an API/ABI break.
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