From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Dec 22 00:32:28 2005
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 758)
	id 7A5DD16A420; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:32:28 +0000 (GMT)
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:32:28 +0000
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
Message-ID: <20051222003228.GC63716@hub.freebsd.org>
References: <43A97F91.25406.FE677CB@dan.langille.org>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <43A97F91.25406.FE677CB@dan.langille.org>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i
Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: varying PORTVERSION with OSVERSION
X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD <freebsd-ports.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports>,
	<mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports>,
	<mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:32:28 -0000

On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 04:15:13PM -0500, Dan Langille wrote:
> It came to my attention today that PORTVERSION can vary with 
> OSVERSION.  Is this a recommended practice?  For that matter can it 
> vary with ARCH?

Yes, both are true.  As far as I know we have no policy about this.

Kris