From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 28 21:15:11 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1EBC1065670 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:15:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from spartan.hamla.org (spartan.hamla.org [206.251.255.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F77C8FC15 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:15:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spartan.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B815170E3 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:15:40 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=tandon.net; h= user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:content-type :content-type:mime-version:references:reply-to:message-id :subject:subject:from:from:date:date:received; s=aegis; t= 1314566140; bh=4f5XJVrC8BP+ZLmhKdKfCkHKfS/FgUjPHdOGkcz3hsU=; b=r ixPaLsImFsObxPGHwUMC3H9+Iphw4I9SBkVqpEfAOPzExR5e7a8ap1J6h2QPAiGS L/R4FwsJhbCv2YBdS4RP+/PXqlCQmG/LEFcjR1Yi83epqS2jc7GVRxkkdCwA9GiC Xoa36T9Zz+9LmIpPi7I1rb2vBYO+9lcBhGP5BTvUdo= X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV at spartan.hamla.org Received: from spartan.hamla.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (spartan.hamla.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10027) with LMTP id 6FtKsQvLpLQ9 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:15:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:15:08 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110828211508.GC668@magic.hamla.org> References: <4E5A48AC.6050201@eskk.nu> <20058.20743.791783.342355@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20110828172651.GB277@magic.hamla.org> <20110828173059.GT17489@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <20110828181356.GD277@magic.hamla.org> <20110828183300.GX17489@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <4E5AABAE.6030200@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E5AABAE.6030200@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: How to handle upgrade of libnotify when cups-client-1.4.8 is marked as broken X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:15:11 -0000 On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 13:57:18 -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > On 8/28/2011 11:33 AM, Kostik Belousov wrote: > > Ignoring or removing the option makes the ports upgrade without user > > intervention. > > Neither of those is a valid option (pardon the pun). The primary goal > is to avoid breaking the user's system, not to make the upgrade > process go through without human intervention. Imagine a scenario > where the user has a critical dependency on cups being compiled with > gnutls. Not upgrading the currently installed (and working) version is > a totally valid outcome. Silently upgrading cups to a version without > gnutls makes the upgrade process "successful," but with a very poor > outcome for the user. Bingo. -- Sahil Tandon