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Date:      Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:31:35 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Pawel Pekala <pawel@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/polish/kadu Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/polish/kadu/files patch-kadu-core__CMakeLists.txt patch-kadu-core_gadu_resolver.cpp patch-modules__docking__CMakeLists.txt patch-modules__idle__CMakeLists.txt patch-modules__kde_notify__CMakeLists.txt patch-modules__screenshot__CMakeLists.txt patch-modules__sound__CMakeLists.txt ...
Message-ID:  <20110823033135.GA4929@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4E531DC5.3050101@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201108221821.p7MILBln038468@repoman.freebsd.org> <20110823020838.GA96726@FreeBSD.org> <4E530E26.2090603@FreeBSD.org> <20110823024224.GA99925@FreeBSD.org> <4E531DC5.3050101@FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 08:25:57PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> On 08/22/2011 19:42, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 07:19:18PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> >> The version should only be specified for dependents that are tied to a
> >> specific version. If the dependent can survive a version bump of the lib
> >> then the dependency should be specified without version, and NOT bumped
> >> when the lib is updated.
> > 
> > I believe it will take too much work to verify which parts of the API port
> > uses and either add or remove this suffix on every update. 
> 
> There are of course things that need to be consistent, but forcing
> consistency where it's not necessary is not only not helpful, but can
> cause more problems then it solves.

In general, yes, but in this particular case I don't see it causing any
problems, being safe, "default" solution.

./danfe



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