From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 16 21:50:12 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F13491065670 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:50:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roam@ringlet.net) Received: from erengrad.hoster.bg (erengrad.hoster.bg [77.77.142.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72DF68FC08 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:50:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from middenheim.hoster.bg (middenheim.hoster.bg [77.77.142.11]) by erengrad.hoster.bg (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CF69DC321 for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:24:58 +0300 (EEST) Received: from straylight.ringlet.net (unknown [94.155.53.142]) (Authenticated sender: roam@hoster.bg) by mail.hoster.bg (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6E1C5C49E for ; Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:24:41 +0300 (EEST) Received: from roam (uid 1000) (envelope-from roam@ringlet.net) id 416007 by straylight.ringlet.net (DragonFly Mail Agent) Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:24:41 +0300 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:24:41 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev To: Doug Barton Message-ID: <20101016212441.GA3815@straylight.ringlet.net> Mail-Followup-To: Doug Barton , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <4CB9D73B.1080800@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CB9D73B.1080800@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-MailScanner-ID: C6E1C5C49E.74476 X-hoster-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-hoster-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (cached, score=0.001, required 10, autolearn=disabled, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY 0.00) X-hoster-MailScanner-From: roam@ringlet.net X-hoster-MailScanner-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No-op port updates X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:50:13 -0000 --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 09:47:55AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > On 10/16/2010 8:30 AM, Rob Farmer wrote: > >What is the best practice for no-op port updates - i.e. version 1.0 > >and 1.1 produce identical FreeBSD packages but they might be different > >on Linux/elsewhere? Update to have to port appear "current" or avoid > >forcing people to do unnecessary updates? >=20 > When faced with similar situations in the past I have chosen not to > update, until the whinging became too extreme. :) This is one of > those where there is no "right" answer. I've sometimes added a comment to the port's Makefile explaining the needlessness of an update. G'luck, Peter --=20 Peter Pentchev roam@space.bg roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 This sentence was in the past tense. --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJMuhgZAAoJEGUe77AlJ98TD2kQAJ0ITzTX/E6K4LikEXt8z5GO 14YHaZvnIshzUmSNR68Yll4qhz8zwaQFDJrAJ5OUndxiyotkjsv2TzTi5orZWMDN nScF4mojDpXZ2sg72LBvrWvKiVl+J+Ffig5gSk8i/LeZWB4Y7AUBxnjHx+0VdHTr 7o/inb2csnhw1x+prSAhNDWOnTfB3iYuUYMeyeLwXoplBma4293t14xQlhCOJ/Ie 8yIekvBWOq0O85CLANohLxlph/5rtgf+aEquwylEt/NFjf+71/wBN9ZlRoouD4DZ oiviNXx2J1CaIMebQnD54DvdQJuIUYIFzy4zPb0dvjzLaG6WiSEu2Q1Vcka6VEgB 4wvFxTSdTxkLN+3Isn9gyNfjwJz07PiF0kAHfA4IuLSo4vPBlUEfDLlae/cHFF0G 2zdUH5c0g18lujNHH3aA6oPj7TLiZnj4BAYWhmIomERio8D+Yss4/KdbmnyumbME dhlhxDCUbx1l5yTdxrnwVSuoIemQG+4s1A+ev7bBgbGlLMnJ2dUp8BduwYgRBr+u HOW6+2F85CqgcOhub9GaT+wWw5Zgb6RxKQ0Mk1xthroy28+ucp+8+M7Fe3acTDff t6YDyGATGuntwGV7woNdQR8Egat6Kqh0jLlu7+yBx3iO55fn4fYYnoGCy4D5Ea5A lCFKp4TUJ/I4p5seQ9NY =yuI6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1--