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From: Erick Kinnee <erick@kinnee.net>
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Subject: ports/28232: When a port version is upgraded there is no way to see what has changed
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>Number:         28232
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       When a port version is upgraded there is no way to see what has changed
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          wish
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jun 17 09:30:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Erick Kinnee
>Release:        4.3-STABLE
>Organization:
None
>Environment:
FreeBSD damaged.kinnee.net 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #0: Sat Jun 16 13:33:30 CDT 2001     root@damaged.kinnee.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/DAMAGED  i386

>Description:
It's just a wish, but I'd like to see a changelog in the port directories. I noticed this morning that X 4.1.0_4 was in ports, I'm running _2 what changed? How do I know if I really want to upgrade? A changelog would have info on updates or packaging changes.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

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