Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 17:14:08 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: asami@FreeBSD.org (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami) Cc: billf@jade.chc-chimes.com (Bill Fumerola), jack@germanium.xtalwind.net (jack), cpiazza@FreeBSD.org (Chris Piazza), cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/net/ucd-snmp Makefile ports/net/ucd-snmp/files md5 ports/net/ucd-snmp/patches patch-ac ports/net/ Message-ID: <199908280014.RAA56839@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <vqcu2pkokuz.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> from Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami at "Aug 27, 1999 04:38:12 pm"
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> * From: Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com> > > * On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > * > Changing one port and breaking another port that depends on it is > * > no different that changing one thing in /usr/src that breaks some > * > other thing, either go fix the other thing, work with the maintainer > * > to help them fix it, or back out your changes. > * > * This means the perl module needs updated, set to BROKEN, or removed > * if it no longer follows active development on it's dependencies. > > You are both right (and wrong). We obviously can't keep every > dependency in sync all the time, but if there are requests from users, > we'll try to accomodate them, even if that means duplicating some > ports. I'll conside to that, except the only thing that really got my back up was what seemed like an attitude of ``tough luck I don't care that I broke it''. > > * The snmp authors would be smart to bump their major library version > * as well, but again this is third party software we are dealing with, > * so it's not just as easy as fixing things across the board. > > There is a clear rule on this (see handbook). If there is an > interface change, bump the shlib number. > > If the third party software author can't be bothered to learn what > shlib version numbers are for (and many don't), we'll have to do it > ourselves. And send them a little feedback now and again.... -- Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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