From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Dec 14 9:22: 1 2000 From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 14 09:21:58 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from puck.firepipe.net (poynting.physics.purdue.edu [128.210.146.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 830D437B400; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:21:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by puck.firepipe.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0C2CE19E2; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:21:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:21:57 -0500 From: Will Andrews To: Peter Pentchev Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, kris@FreeBSD.org, security-officer@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/databases/gigabase distinfo Message-ID: <20001214122157.G1873@puck.firepipe.net> Reply-To: Will Andrews Mail-Followup-To: Will Andrews , Peter Pentchev , ports@FreeBSD.org, kris@FreeBSD.org, security-officer@FreeBSD.org References: <200012141225.eBECPn385434@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200012141225.eBECPn385434@freefall.freebsd.org>; from roam@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 04:25:49AM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386 Sender: will@puck.firepipe.net Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 04:25:49AM -0800, Peter Pentchev wrote: > Log: > Forced commit: the previous checksum chase commit was because the source > tarball changed. No functional differences, only some prototyp definitions > were changed from C preprocessor macros to real C/C++ keywords. > > Requested by: kris (and SOP) > Pointy hat: roam - I *did* remember that ftp.FreeBSD.org still carried > the old distfile to diff against, but I remembered *after* > the commit (and minutes later, was reminded of the same by > several people) As a general rule, I see little point to noting the differences between checksums.. most users will never know what your commit message about this "problem" said, since most users don't read cvs commit messages. Additionally, if the authors don't bother to document why they changed the distribution without updating the version, then it's probably not worth upgrading the port. -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message