Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 01:47:06 -0500 From: Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: www/nginx-devel Name Change Message-ID: <CA%2BQLa9BempQpUv_FK6mowb7zXDjOfeeTrWX%2BN0hGUP1XqqCHfA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BQLa9DOs_cvhWb%2BJR4xcq7Prf%2Bceu_%2BotEeBZUbeVCZ1U7-iw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BQLa9BnOTEcyir-WcHgooB4R_XmN7nHDXedAJG5egh7VhJk3w@mail.gmail.com> <20150307040218.GB85984@FreeBSD.org> <CA%2BQLa9DOs_cvhWb%2BJR4xcq7Prf%2Bceu_%2BotEeBZUbeVCZ1U7-iw@mail.gmail.com>
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Also, I don't believe that "bugs in new features" has the same meaning as "development". On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 1:46 AM, Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is a quote from the NGINX project: > > 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. > > > From this and checking the source code repository here: > hg.nginx.org/nginx the development branch is "default". Perhaps the > -devel port should be tied to a specific date on the true development > branch? > > I am only interested in calling a spade a spade here to reduce > confusion. If the NGINX project called "mainline" "development" there > wouldn't be a problem. But it seems that this is a distinction that > FreeBSD has decided rather than using upstream terminology and > thinking. > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 11:02 PM, Sergey A. Osokin <osa@freebsd.org> wrote: >> Hi Robert, >> >> On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 04:52:58PM -0500, Robert Simmons wrote: >>> The port www/nginx-devel should really be renamed nginx-mainline. It >>> is definitely not the development branch as is explained by the >>> upstream project. Calling it devel may cause users to avoid using this >>> port over the www/nginx port. >>> >>> I have a detailed explanation of this in a bug report here: >>> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196480 >>> >>> Does this seem logical? >> >> Objection. >> >> The nginx project basically provides two versions of nginx: stable and mainline. >> New releases of the stable version contains bug and security fixes. >> The mainline usually introduces a bugs in a new features. This is why it has been >> marked with '-devel' suffix. >> >> For stable version FreeBSD ports tree historycally uses the same name as a software >> product has been named by author, for development version with '-devel' prefix. >> >> Also, I see no reason why user may cause to avoid using the www/nginx-devel port. >> Think it's always up to user to use or not to use any port from FreeBSD ports tree >> as well as FreeBSD operating system. >> >> -- >> Sergey A. Osokin >> osa@FreeBSD.org
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