Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 22:14:02 +0200 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: "Valeriy E. Ushakov" <uwe@ptc.spbu.ru> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Stable and devel ports Message-ID: <3A81AC8A.CE663ED0@FreeBSD.org> References: <20010207225305.C2444@snark.ptc.spbu.ru>
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"Valeriy E. Ushakov" wrote: > Porter's handbook doesn't seem to touch this topic. What are the best > current practice for maintaining a stable and a -devel versions of a > port? Are any special arrangements to allow them to live side by side > desirable or one can safely assume that its stable XOR devel. It depends. For example if the ports represents end-product (window manager for example), then there should be little or no reason to tweak stable and devel version to allow them live side by side. However, if the port is a library, and there are some ports in the tree that may work only with devel version of this port then you have to tweak devel port to allow it to co-exist on the same machive with the stable version. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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