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Date:      Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:53:24 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Wesley Shields <wxs@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Idea: entries in UPDATING for each release
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102251051200.19767@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100928235321.GB93659@atarininja.org>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009281157040.99985@wonkity.com> <20100928235321.GB93659@atarininja.org>

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On Tue, 28 Sep 2010, Wesley Shields wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 12:07:08PM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
>> Right now, people who install ports from a -release CD and then start
>> upgrading don't have a clear marker for how far back to go in UPDATING.
>>
>> A simple entry would be enough:
>>
>>    20100703:
>>      AFFECTS:
>>      AUTHOR:
>>
>>      FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE
>>
>> Not sure what AFFECTS should say.  There might be other useful
>> information that could be included in the note.  Comments?
>
> I'm certainly not opposed to the idea but what exactly do we use for a
> date? When the tree is tagged? When the release media is finalized and
> published to mirrors? What about tag slippage? Do we account for that?
>
> If the only goal is to get a rough idea of when a release was cut then
> either when the tree is tagged or when the media is pushed out to
> mirrors is probably sufficient.

Based on what I saw with source, a 20110224 8.2-RELEASE entry should be 
just before the 20110224 entry for net/openldap.



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