Date: 27 Aug 1999 16:38:12 -0700 From: asami@FreeBSD.org (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami) To: Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com> Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net>, Chris Piazza <cpiazza@FreeBSD.org>, 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/u Message-ID: <vqcu2pkokuz.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: Bill Fumerola's message of "Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:45:40 -0400 (EDT)" References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908271431010.15163-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com>
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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. * 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. -PW To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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