Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 13:06:00 -0800 From: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@people.tecnik93.com> Cc: Wesley Shields <wxs@csh.rit.edu>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UPDATING - needs updating? Message-ID: <200511211306.01679.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051121225729.5c08a18d@it.buh.tecnik93.com> References: <200511210839.56424.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <20051121191335.GA56240@csh.rit.edu> <20051121225729.5c08a18d@it.buh.tecnik93.com>
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On Monday 21 November 2005 12:57, the author Ion-Mihai Tetcu contributed to the dialogue on- Re: UPDATING - needs updating?: >On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:13:35 -0500 > >Wesley Shields <wxs@csh.rit.edu> wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 08:39:55AM -0800, Vizion wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > I have noticed that some earlier notices relating to some ports in >> > UPDATING appear as though they have been made out of data by newer >> > notices (e.g kde 20050804 seems to replace 20050324) and sometimes >> > the instructions conflict with one another. While I presuime the >> > latest notice always takes precedence I wonder if it would be >> > possible to have notices that are no longer current removed from >> > UPDATING. >> >> I think this is probably a bad idea, simply from a historical >> perspective. If I wanted to chase down a bug that was available only >> for a specified time period I would like to know the corresponding >> UPDATING entries. > >there are enough old machines out there for which the "old" >instructions still apply; in some cases it might not be able to update >w/o intermediary steps. Interesting perspective.. You have got me wondering if a web interface could be used to drag relevant data from UPDATING based upon the output from pkg_info? That could be another practical tool that might come out of the GoFigure project. david -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after completing engineroom refit.
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