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Date:      Fri, 23 Aug 2002 16:54:05 -0700
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@mu.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        Joseph Scott <joseph@randomnetworks.com>, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/net/ethereal Makefile distinfo pkg-plist
Message-ID:  <20020823235405.GG6908@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020823232015.GA79858@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <200208231029.g7NATpP2019991@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0208231043390.84620-100000@pebkac.owp.csus.edu> <20020823231343.GF6908@elvis.mu.org> <20020823232015.GA79858@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 04:20:15PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:

> > ... and i'm the one that put it there. i don't think there is anything i
> > can do about ports that get split (net-snmp -> net-snmp & net-snmp4) and
> > a port that needs to follow the new one (net-snmp4) but NOT the old one.
> 
> This should have been done the other way: split off the version people
> shouldn't automatically follow, and upgrade the old version.

unfortunatly, net-snmp (which is net-snmp v5) will _eventually_ become
what people should follow. some apps (like ethereal) don't yet. it would
be just as bad to leave net-snmp at v4, create a net-snmp5, and then
move net-snmp5 back to net-snmp when it becomes the defacto library.

Michael Wayne (wayne@staff.msen.com) sent me patches to teach ethereal
about net-snmp 5 includes and api, but i haven't committed it or sent
it to the ethereal folks yet. :-(

-- 
- bill fumerola / fumerola@yahoo-inc.com / billf@FreeBSD.org / billf@mu.org



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