From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 28 18:55:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E60B4106564A; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:55:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34EB88FC0C; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:55:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkcjc3 with SMTP id jc3so1665236bkc.13 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:55:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=/SdQukkYOxcPJ/Rslixvf4Qid+i0cbQMbdvEgaRSzVo=; b=GbghiP1zInBCe7SJkSaQerx3NXoeTl6eTfLMqPLjn1CegKmRsAi4L8vIBvW6vhNamM 8DiXYVOCb/GPMHi1uEQ2+RmcVP8Vgs8RjAMtVR39/Ye2L4p7lx5of95f09vS4YZxXuXm zkU44sCJnk0Sp/FiRz58vPnxCA4qQyks/o/4uJprN8L7/lQzerB3VYdDI1YLZ9p7tVti q2jgc+qt4OBu/7r8flWlSv76eCgXaAil813XuFLgYrgtukk8Covqf2q4BbzPD1kLNSUx 2yemwVfXW22ubNnhZpSPJAZBemAqGxG4ACAPISAEb52499AamSi8GvyIyQ+axD86dGSg FPdQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.141.25 with SMTP id k25mr12344287bku.72.1332960932919; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:55:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.202.142 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:55:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.202.142 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:55:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4F735340.1020103@FreeBSD.org> References: <4F732C89.3040804@FreeBSD.org> <4F733432.4020902@FreeBSD.org> <63ca1b333a310ecc2b1d1f0e1e1542a1.squirrel@mail.experts-exchange.com> <4F7338C3.8020003@p6m7g8.com> <4F733C3A.7020004@missouri.edu> <4F734524.2000400@p6m7g8.com> <4F735340.1020103@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:55:32 +0000 Message-ID: From: Chris Rees To: Michael Scheidell Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Stephen Montgomery-Smith , Jason Helfman , ports@freebsd.org, "Philip M. Gollucci" Subject: Re: FAQ on PORTREVISION bump? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:55:36 -0000 On 28 Mar 2012 19:06, "Michael Scheidell" wrote: > > > > On 3/28/12 1:06 PM, Philip M. Gollucci wrote: >> >> On 03/28/12 16:28, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: >>> >>> But, for example, it seems to me that PORTREVISION should NOT be bumped >>> if a LIB_DEPENDS changes, and it is not a major library revision change. >>> For example, in this case the portmaster program reinstalls the library >>> only, and changes the +CONTENTS and +REQUIRED_BY of the various >>> installed packages appropriately. And the program will still work just >>> fine. So PORTREVISION should not be bumped. >> >> I'm fairly sure thats exactly backwards. I believe you're talking about >> our 'Chase sh lib version bump' commits which most definitely require a >> bump even if the major version doesn't change, b/c the old packages will >> reference the old library. >> >> Take devel/apr-1 for example. > > So, basically, you do enough pr's, you will bump portrevision and someone will complain, and you will skip bumping portrevision and someone will complain :-) > > 10 programmers, 15 opinions. > > ... which is why an FAQ page is good to point at if people moan! I look forward to the comments on your proposed list ;) Chris