Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 11:25:23 -0700 From: Chris Piazza <cpiazza@home.net> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: downgrading a port? Message-ID: <19990721112523.A1599@norn.ca.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <199907201749.KAA04279@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>; from Steve Kargl on Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 10:49:17AM -0700 References: <199907201749.KAA04279@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 10:49:17AM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> What is the recommended procedure for down grading a port?
>
> I submitted an upgrade of lesstif from 0.88.1 to 0.88.9.
> Chris Piazza(sp?) asked if I would be willing to maintain
> this port, and I have agreed. However, about further
> testing it appears that 0.88.1 is more stable than 0.88.9.
>
> Is it permissible to include a comment in the Makefile
> to state that "0.88.1 appears more stable than 0.88.9, so
> an upgrade to 0.88.9 will not be done"?
Sure, just send a PR that 'upgrades' the port to an older version
Having the comment there is a good idea so people don't keep sending
upgrades to the port.
-Chris
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