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Date:      Sat, 12 Feb 2000 19:40:33 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: "# Version required:"
Message-ID:  <20000212194033.A43572@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002121852250.91963-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>; from kris@FreeBSD.org on Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 06:54:01PM -0800
References:  <20000212185016.A4538@relay.nuxi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002121852250.91963-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 06:54:01PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> My concern is that if we remove the information now it will be harder to
> put it back later

Why?

> even though a lot of ports haven't kept the version required field
> up-to-date.

It is so out of date, a perl script grabbing the version from the
PKGNAME/DISTNAME line would be more useful.  You also failed to state how
you think information would work, so again, what we have now may be
totally out of date.  Also the "Version required" is the distfile's
version, not the ports's version.  Are you really planning on auto
updating based on that version string?

Thus add it back when there is a need for it and it is know what is
needed.
 
-- 
-- David    (obrien@NUXI.com)


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