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Date:      Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:41:12 -0800
From:      Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com>
To:        Helmut Schneider <jumper99@gmx.de>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bump of PORTREVISION mandatory?
Message-ID:  <20110127174112.GB49557@eggman.experts-exchange.com>
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On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 05:30:45PM +0000, Helmut Schneider thus spake:
>Hi,
>
>with the release of Typo3 4.5, 4.4 becomes "old stable", 4.3 becomes
>"deprecated". Therefore a change at pkg_descr is required. That is the
>only change.
>
>Do I need to bump PORTREVISION before I submit the updated port? Is
>that mandatory?
>
>I don't like the idea that someone is asked to update his/her installed
>package only because of a changed pkg_descr.
>
>Thanks, Helmut

If 4.3 is deprecated, shouldn't it be removed from the tree? (ie.
MOVED/UPDATING)

Why would you need to update the portrevision for a pkg-descr change? If it
isn't changing the behavior of the port, I don't see why that is necessary,
but others may have different ideas on this topic.

-jgh



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