Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:15:14 -0400 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org, Wesley Shields <wxs@freebsd.org>, Pav Lucistnik <pav@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/shells/bash Makefile pkg-plist Message-ID: <p06240807c5f6ac5c3f92@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <20090330160200.GA74342@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200903120954.n2C9s2ev063133@repoman.freebsd.org> <20090313023956.GA49511@dragon.NUXI.org> <49BA52D2.8090209@FreeBSD.org> <20090323231412.GA94221@hub.freebsd.org> <20090324012325.GB1292@atarininja.org> <20090324043028.GA34952@dragon.NUXI.org> <p06240800c5f05d3db740@[128.113.24.47]> <20090330160200.GA74342@dragon.NUXI.org>
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At 9:02 AM -0700 3/30/09, David O'Brien wrote: >On Wed, Mar 25, 2009, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > > Ew, I don't like that at all. Why should I rebuild (say) bash just >> because someone fixes a typo in the description? The port is already >> installed, and I have no intention of reading the description until >> *maybe* the next time the package really does change. > >I agree for you, as an end user. The thing is that both you and the >package cluster uses the same indicator to decide if you should rebuild >the package. So I guess a maintainer could also say, "Hey I fixed that >typo, but why is every 'pkg_add -r' user still reporting it to me?". Yeah, I now have a better understanding of the reasons behind this. I can see the advantage of triggering a build on the package cluster. On my systems I compile all the ports I install, so I wasn't thinking about the builds for packages. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu
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