Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:52:06 +0100 From: Ulrich =?utf-8?B?U3DDtnJsZWlu?= <uqs@spoerlein.net> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r228896 - head/contrib/netcat Message-ID: <20111228225206.GG83814@acme.spoerlein.net> In-Reply-To: <20111228211133.GA2731@lonesome.com> References: <201112260907.pBQ979X4098221@svn.freebsd.org> <4EF83AF4.9010108@FreeBSD.org> <20111228154049.GD83814@acme.spoerlein.net> <20111228211133.GA2731@lonesome.com>
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On Wed, 2011-12-28 at 15:11:33 -0600, Mark Linimon wrote: > On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 04:40:49PM +0100, Ulrich Spörlein wrote: > > It's better to have one person > > (Xin LI) figure out if the change is needed or a no-op and do the > > upgrade to match our version to upstream's version, than to have a > > discrepancy between the two and cause half a dozen developers that > > stumble upon that difference to scratch their heads and spend time in > > figuring out if we should import the change. > > We already have the following wiki page: > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/PortsNotUpgraded > > Perhaps an analagous page for src would be helpful? > > mcl We have http://wiki.freebsd.org/ContribSoftware that tries to track the state of anything upstream in src. Maintainers are encouraged to add notes to their entries if there are reasons the software is kept at a lower version or whatever. See also the section for GPLv3'ed software on that page. Cheers, Uli
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