From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Mon Jan 11 17:56:06 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA205A6B3E5 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:56:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from koobs.freebsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pf0-x232.google.com (mail-pf0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c00::232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B12461FA0 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:56:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from koobs.freebsd@gmail.com) Received: by mail-pf0-x232.google.com with SMTP id e65so48222767pfe.0 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 09:56:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:reply-to:subject:references:to:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=hbxuKpozHfkobPQfJ7Y5Ru9iuQvN4wv4auJt50s+/18=; b=AKzWv24kOZTIBJF7nKI9usgbMlDplCgs1jGquavMkD5OspNQ7AVN+5vZhTgNDte6Nw NVDlptvJL1J+SP6kMo+k9P+fVrWTPHUjzQgS0gyF0jK5R3kFQpj9ev5vh8dI32C1JPFz FMYkufoppX2HsJhbcgE9JzfYvkaq0S9THSXv6iIkXhv77WgbbSQNercbTC23LkJiOvpH +7hUHvzDADUhA7TPHZbWUA9XgkPkHYfKfuJCOuHFsXzzydKxA83zmcRfwMw30qksB49G pQWmo9DZKFt+ul7wqbP+fQbiyQj/99UAUFnUP3UBDNDtjbFb4eNwZwrs6cxUT086NTgs vNpw== X-Received: by 10.98.19.146 with SMTP id 18mr3261110pft.59.1452534965917; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 09:56:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?IPv6:2001:44b8:31ae:7b01::4? (2001-44b8-31ae-7b01-0000-0000-0000-0004.static.ipv6.internode.on.net. [2001:44b8:31ae:7b01::4]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o4sm24735707pfa.85.2016.01.11.09.56.04 for (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 11 Jan 2016 09:56:05 -0800 (PST) Sender: Kubilay Kocak Reply-To: koobs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [HEADS-UP] portscout now works with Ports using GitHub References: <568D5C85.1060404@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD Ports List From: Kubilay Kocak Message-ID: <5693ECB0.10201@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 04:56:00 +1100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:43.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/43.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <568D5C85.1060404@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:56:07 -0000 On 7/01/2016 5:27 AM, Kubilay Kocak wrote: > Dear Porters/Maintainers, > > An hour or so ago, an updated version of portscout was deployed that > finally fixes detection of updates for ports using USE_GITHUB=yes > > For more information on the fix, and the original commit adding support > for GitHub detection, and it's limitations, see: > > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3996 - Original support > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D4780 - Fixed detection > > This email is just to notify all MAINTAINERS that receive email > notifications from portscout of the following: > > * The detection uses GitHub releases, if they exist, or repository tags > as a fallback > > * Due to the infinite number of repository tagging schemes, some that > don't match PORTVERSIONS, or look like version numbers at all, the > detection logic is imperfect. > > * The version displayed on on the frontend https://portscout.FreeBSD.org > for github ports is the 'tag' that was matched, not the PORTVERSION you > should update to. I wanted to keep the initial changes very contained, > so avoided any template updates. We may change this in the future. > > * There will be false-positives, but we'll attempt to address them once > they are identified. For example, so that have already been seen: > > Port | Current version | New version > ------------------------------------------- > irc/insub | 16.0 | initial > net/6tunnel | 0.11rc2.20130525| 0.11rc1 > > Having said that, most of these CAN be resolved by having the upstream > authors tag their repositories 'properly', that is with version numbers. > > If you notice anything strange or broken, or would like to get involved > in improving portscout in any way, please join #freebsd-ports on > freenode IRC, or #bsdports on Efnet. > > -- > Koobs > A major logic regression was introduced prior to new year has been corrected. For full detail of the pointyhat, see: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/405732