Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:21:30 -0600 From: John Nielsen <john@jnielsen.net> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: how to "downgrade" a port in the tree Message-ID: <200410131021.30311.john@jnielsen.net>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi folks- I have a policy/procedure question- I'm not much of a programmer, but I am the port maintainer for the mail/hotwayd port. The version in the tree is the latest available version, hotwayd 0.8. However, there are some serious bugs in this version that result in mangled e-mail headers. The author does not appear to be actively maintaining the port, since there have been no changes to the webpage (http://hotwayd.sourceforge.net) since February. I am not aware of anyone else working on these bugs at present. The previous version of the software, hotwayd 0.74, works well (albeit with a smaller advertised feature set). I never submitted a port for 0.74, only 0.71. I think the best thing would be to have 0.74 in the ports tree. I'm happy to submit a port-maintainer patch, but I wanted to see if there were any special considerations for going down a version. What is the best place to notify end-users of the situation? (UPDATING?) Is there a way to convince portupgrade that the .74 version is better than the .80 version for existing installations? Thanks for any input. Please CC me as I'm not on the list. JN
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200410131021.30311.john>