From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 5 18:11:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AC0616A415; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 18:11:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@bsam.ru) Received: from mail.ipt.ru (mail.ipt.ru [80.253.10.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1BAC43D6B; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 18:08:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsam@bsam.ru) Received: from stat.sem.ipt.ru ([192.168.12.1] helo=bsam.ru) by mail.ipt.ru with esmtp (Exim 4.62 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1GVXeI-000GOU-HP; Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:08:46 +0400 Received: from bsam by bsam.ru with local (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1GVXfp-000Chq-9e; Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:10:21 +0400 To: Kris Kennaway References: <15788250@srv.sem.ipt.ru> <20061005174020.GA77126@xor.obsecurity.org> From: Boris Samorodov Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:10:21 +0400 In-Reply-To: <20061005174020.GA77126@xor.obsecurity.org> (Kris Kennaway's message of "Thu, 5 Oct 2006 13:40:20 -0400") Message-ID: <90825554@srv.sem.ipt.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: Boris Samorodov Cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org, Andrew Pantyukhin , cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/linux_base-fc4 Makefile ports/emulators/linux_base-suse-9.1 Makefile ports/emulators/linux_base-suse-9.2 Makefile ports/emulators/linux_base-suse-9.3 Makefile ports/emulators/linux_dist-gentoo-stage1 Makefile ports/emu X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:11:06 -0000 On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 13:40:20 -0400 Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 08:11:01PM +0400, Boris Samorodov wrote: > > On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:49:53 +0400 Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > > > On 10/5/06, Boris Samorodov wrote: > > > > bsam 2006-10-05 15:32:10 UTC > > > > > > > > FreeBSD ports repository > > > > > > > > Modified files: > > > > emulators/linux_base-fc4 Makefile > > > > emulators/linux_base-suse-9.1 Makefile > > > > emulators/linux_base-suse-9.2 Makefile > > > > emulators/linux_base-suse-9.3 Makefile > > > > emulators/linux_dist-gentoo-stage1 Makefile > > > > emulators/linux_dist-gentoo-stage2 Makefile > > > > emulators/linux_dist-gentoo-stage3 Makefile > > > > x11/linux-XFree86-libs Makefile > > > > Log: > > > > Remove deleted linux_base-* and linux_locale* ports from CONFLICTS variable > > > > of the remaining linux ports. > > > > > > > > Reviewed by: netchild (agreed in principle) > > > > > IMHO, you really shouldn't do that. People with old packages > > > installed should not worry about trying out new ports. Now you've > > > opened a way for their systems to be messed up. > > > > Well, we are speaking about already deleted ports. Once they were > > deleted and user's ports tree updated any adding/removing should be > > done according to /usr/ports/UPDATING (i.e. reading about default > > linux_base port and how to upgrade). > > > > Once a user uses fixed ports tree and pre-built packages there should > > be no problems. > I agree with Andrew; there should at least be a window where you keep > the CONFLICTS around to give users time to upgrade without installing > conflicting packages that mess up their system. OK, you convinced me. How long should this period be? WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve