Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 11:34:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: cpiazza@home.net (Chris Piazza) Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: downgrading a port? Message-ID: <199907201834.LAA04459@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990721112523.A1599@norn.ca.eu.org> from Chris Piazza at "Jul 21, 1999 11:25:23 am"
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Chris Piazza wrote: > On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 10:49:17AM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > > What is the recommended procedure for down grading a port? > > > > I submitted an upgrade of lesstif from 0.88.1 to 0.88.9. > > Chris Piazza(sp?) asked if I would be willing to maintain > > this port, and I have agreed. However, about further > > testing it appears that 0.88.1 is more stable than 0.88.9. > > > > Is it permissible to include a comment in the Makefile > > to state that "0.88.1 appears more stable than 0.88.9, so > > an upgrade to 0.88.9 will not be done"? > > Sure, just send a PR that 'upgrades' the port to an older version > Having the comment there is a good idea so people don't keep sending > upgrades to the port. > Okay. I wasn't sure if there was some behind the scene cvs voodoo. -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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