Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:07:25 +0300 From: "Alexander Churanov" <alexanderchuranov@gmail.com> To: pav@freebsd.org Cc: Simon Barner <barner@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: STILL OPEN: ports/129226: update devel/boost from 1.34.1 to 1.37 Message-ID: <3cb459ed0901101407m2c72487aqf35ea2c81761290e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1231602062.44156.28.camel@hood.oook.cz> References: <3cb459ed0901091434y3ec4cb5cr56bf358b527515d7@mail.gmail.com> <1231602062.44156.28.camel@hood.oook.cz>
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2009/1/10 Pav Lucistnik <pav@freebsd.org> > > Are you also willing to fix all the applications that will not work with > the new version of boost? > > I understand that's the only concern preventing new boost from being > committed. > > Why not fix it in several steps? : 1) rename devel/boost to devel/boost-134 2) switch all ports depending on devel/boost to devel/boost-134 3) check-in boost-1.37 as devel/boost 4) have enough time to fix applications depending on boost-1.34 one-by-one This introduces another level of indirection - a common way to solve issues like that Sincerely, Alexander Churanov
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