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Subject: Re: port naming question
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Eitan Adler wrote:
> One of the ports I maintain (allegro) has three branches
> 4.2.* == main branch
> 4.3.* == development branch
> 4.9.* == the future 5.0
> 
> 1) I want to make a 4.9 port - but the version number isn't yet 5.0. Is
> it appropriate to call the port allegro5 and just use the 4.9 version
> number for now?
> 2) How do I tell portscout to ignore 4.9.* in the allegro-devel branch?
> 

here's a typical one
port-devel      4.9/5.0
port            4.3
portX           4.2

where X is some combinat of integers describe the legacy line.
(i.e. net-mgmt/net-snmp)

PORTSCOUT=	limit:^4.3

Don't forget CONFLICTS...