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Date:      Wed, 20 May 2020 16:59:05 +0200
From:      Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Hiroki Tagato <tagattie@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, koobs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r535526 - in head: . sysutils sysutils/py-rdiff-backup sysutils/py-rdiff-backup/files sysutils/rdiff-backup
Message-ID:  <20200520165905.114abeca25f06c90b71f3945@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20200520143655.rvvwajvklbkzyvdz@aching.in.mat.cc>
References:  <202005170835.04H8ZKws029186@repo.freebsd.org> <20200520143655.rvvwajvklbkzyvdz@aching.in.mat.cc>

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Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 08:35:20AM +0000, Hiroki Tagato wrote:
> >   - Rename portname to py-rdiff-backup following Python Ports
> > Policy[1]
> 
> This feels like a very bad idea, for more than one reason.

This was reviewed in (you subscribed too):

https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24816

> - This renamed the package, so once again, it left users running pkg
>   upgrade with an outdated version.  Unless they notice it and figure
>   out what the new name of the port is.
> - This looks like a end user tool, so, people will want to install
>   rdiff-backup, not pyxy-rdiff-backup.
> 
> All in all, I think the rename should be backed out.

koobs reasoning made sense to me but I don't mind renaming the port
again if there is a final consensus.



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