Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 22:57:29 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@people.tecnik93.com> To: Wesley Shields <wxs@csh.rit.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Subject: Re: UPDATING - needs updating? Message-ID: <20051121225729.5c08a18d@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <20051121191335.GA56240@csh.rit.edu> References: <200511210839.56424.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <20051121191335.GA56240@csh.rit.edu>
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On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:13:35 -0500 Wesley Shields <wxs@csh.rit.edu> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 08:39:55AM -0800, Vizion wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have noticed that some earlier notices relating to some ports in > > UPDATING appear as though they have been made out of data by newer > > notices (e.g kde 20050804 seems to replace 20050324) and sometimes > > the instructions conflict with one another. While I presuime the > > latest notice always takes precedence I wonder if it would be > > possible to have notices that are no longer current removed from > > UPDATING. > > I think this is probably a bad idea, simply from a historical > perspective. If I wanted to chase down a bug that was available only > for a specified time period I would like to know the corresponding > UPDATING entries. there are enough old machines out there for which the "old" instructions still apply; in some cases it might not be able to update w/o intermediary steps. -- IOnut - Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" Youth doesn't excuse everything. -- Dr. Janice Lester (in Kirk's body), "Turnabout Intruder", stardate 5928.5.
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