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Date:      Sun, 04 Jan 2015 09:51:03 +0000
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To:        freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 196480] www/nginx-devel: This port should be named nginx-mainline not -devel
Message-ID:  <bug-196480-13@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 196480
           Summary: www/nginx-devel: This port should be named
                    nginx-mainline not -devel
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: amd64
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: osa@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: rsimmons0@gmail.com
          Assignee: osa@FreeBSD.org
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(osa@FreeBSD.org)

If a -devel version of the port is needed, it should be a mercurial checkout
from the source repository for NGINX at the head of the master branch.

This port should be called nginx-mainline as its referred to in the upstream
project. Calling this port -devel is misleading, since this is not really a
development branch.

The following is a quote from the upstream project's blog:

Which version should I use?
In general, you should deploy the NGINX mainline branch at all times.  You may
wish to use stable if you are concerned about possible impacts of new features,
such as incompatibility with third-party modules or the introduction of bugs in
new features.
http://nginx.com/blog/nginx-1-6-1-7-released/

Some people who are not familiar with the upstream project may shy away from
installing a port named -devel when they should not.

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