Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 15:44:44 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Ying-Chieh Liao <ijliao@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/net/socks5 Makefile pkg-plist Message-ID: <3B0AEBDC.A656B47F@DougBarton.net> References: <ijliao@FreeBSD.org> <200105170926.f4H9Qab60547@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <20010517160707.A5538@rapier.smartspace.co.za> <20010517103910.A52819@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 04:07:08PM +0200, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote:
> > On Thu 2001-05-17 (10:26), Brian Somers wrote:
> > > Is a PORTREVISION bump necessary for doc/example fixes ?
> > >
> > > To me, a PORTVERSION change means I need to rebuild & reinstall the
> >
> > Strictly, it should occur whenever the generated package is different in
> > any way. Theoretically we should also bump it if something like a
> > static archive that it relies upon gets changed, and things like that.
> > If done properly, it can help maintain as high a standard as Debian
> > usually enjoys in binary package dependencies and upgrades.
>
> The guidelines say something like "if it's worthwhile for the user to
> upgrade the package", and trivial fixes are exempted. If something
> affects a dependency, it's nontrivial.
Bumping it for every single change, no matter how trivial starts to create
problems when users run for example pkg_version and the port revision
change tells them their port is out of date. If I've got something
installed and the maintainer fixes the doc installation of the port, I
don't really need to recompile and reinstall.
IMO we need a finer grained method of dealing with this problem. Until
then I think Kris' standard here is a good one. I like the standard that
says don't bump it unless the functionality of the port changes.
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