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Date:      Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:30:30 -0800
From:      "Freddie Cash" <fcash@ocis.net>
To:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Changing port versions/names (end-of-life??)
Message-ID:  <20021029123030.M95980@ocis.net>

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Greetings group,

I'm the maintainer of the DansGuardian ports (www/dansguardian and www/dansguardian-devel).  Currently, these ports track the release (2.2.x) and stable (2.4.x) series of DansGuardian.  2.2.x has been end-of-lifed (actually a few months ago), and a new devel release has been made (2.5.x).

How does one move ports around?  For instance, I'd like to drop support for 2.2.x, move 2.4.x to www/dansguardian and start supporting 2.5.x via www/dansguardian.  Is is as simple as submitting a PR with a patch to move www/dansguardian from 2.2.x to 2.4.x, and another PR to move www/dansguardian-devel from 2.4.x to 2.5.x?  Or is there another mechanism?  Should I move the ports to version-based names like www/dansguardian22 and www/dansguardian24 and keep www/dansguardian-devel as the development port?

How have others handled these kinds of situations?  Are there guidelines posted somewhere?  Didn't notice anything like this in the Porter's Handbook last time I checked, but that was several weeks/months ago, so it may have changed.

Any and all comments/suggestions greatly appreciated.  Please cc: me, as I am no longer subscribed to this list.

Thanks.
Freddie
fcash@bigfoot.com




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