From owner-cvs-all Thu Oct 25 8:45:23 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FCFF37B401; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 08:45:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.seasidesoftware.co.za) by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 15wmhc-000A70-00; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:45:52 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: obrien@FreeBSD.org Cc: Josef Karthauser , Maxim Sobolev , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/automake Makefile distinfo pkg-plist ports/devel/automake/files patch-ab patch-ad In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 25 Oct 2001 08:18:04 MST." <20011025081804.F28706@dragon.nuxi.com> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:45:52 +0200 Message-ID: <38873.1004024752@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 08:18:04 MST, "David O'Brien" wrote: > Version proliferation. Take tripwire for instance. We now have 3 > versions in ports. In fact "tripwire" which many would assume is the > latest and greatest is the oldest version. In the old days, Satoshi > wanted there to be a very good reason for duplicates of ports. Most of this mess came in through abuse of the rules that allowed foo and and foo-latest, where foo-latest could exist because 1) It was incompatible with a previous release. 2) It was bleeding edge. I still think that's healthy and you haven't expressed disapproval. The problem is that people don't seem to know how to deal with the transition of foo-latest to foo. What happens when it's time for foo to "contain" what foo-latest currently "contains"? I think an explanation of this procedure might go partway toward a solution, although the other part involves portmgr policing the situation for a while until sanity returns to this aspect of ports culture. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message