Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 14:30:39 +0930 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reorganization of the py-sqlalchemy ports Message-ID: <573E99F7.8050308@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <c7bbc67f-ad20-947b-3900-55b5a713c2b0@FreeBSD.org> References: <03d3359e-0c33-76e2-5059-8d9caaab832e@FreeBSD.org> <20160518220434.2652aa635577c95c30767045@freebsd.org> <c7bbc67f-ad20-947b-3900-55b5a713c2b0@FreeBSD.org>
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On 19/05/2016 16:55, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 18/05/2016 23:04, Olivier Duchateau wrote: >>> I'm proposing the following: >>>> >>>> py-sqlalchemy06 0.6.9 nivit@FreeBSD.org (Deprecate 2016-08-20) >>>> py-sqlalchemy07 0.7.10 nivit@FreeBSD.org (Deprecate 2016-08-20) >>>> py-sqlalchemy08 0.8.7 nivit@FreeBSD.org >>>> py-sqlalchemy09 0.9.10 m.tsatsenko@gmail.com >>>> py-sqlalchemy10 1.0.13 m.tsatsenko@gmail.com > >> I wonder, why to create as many SQLAlchemy ports as releases (it's just an ORM after all). >> The easiest way, imho is focusing on 1.0.x releases, and having only one port databases/py-sqlalchemy. > > This is the conservative approach. It may well be the case that > everything that depends on sqlalchemy can perfectly well just use the > latest version, in which case the number of ports can be reduced. > > However we don't know how compatible the different versions are yet, and > it will take some time and experimentation to work it out. In the mean > time, having this many ports will provide some assurance of compatibility. Personally I am just starting to look at sqlalchemy so can't comment on the compatibility between versions. Having a look at bsdstats.org they show port install numbers of py27-sqlalchemy 9 py27-sqlalchemy06 147 py27-sqlalchemy08 1 It may be worth considering keeping 0.6 for compatibility and drop 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 As we currently have 0.6, 0.7, and 0.8 I would skip adding 0.9 and just add 1.0 -- FreeBSD - the place to B...Software Developing Shane Ambler
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