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Date:      Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:15:54 -0500
From:      Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
To:        Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru>
Cc:        Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru>, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, Rong-En Fan <rafan@FreeBSD.ORG>, ports-committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/databases/grass Makefile ports/graphics/gdal-grass Makefile ports/graphics/mapserver Makefile ports/graphics/osg Makefile ports/graphics/qgis Makefile ports/graphics/osg-devel Makefile
Message-ID:  <20090318181554.GC19139@lonesome.com>
In-Reply-To: <20090318144753.GA15988@hades.panopticon>
References:  <200903171509.n2HF9Pck052687@repoman.freebsd.org> <20090317170240.GB42165@hades.panopticon> <20090318014539.GC15128@svm.csie.ntu.edu.tw> <20090318022906.GN15919@hades.panopticon> <91518443@serv3.int.kfs.ru> <20090318144753.GA15988@hades.panopticon>

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On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 05:47:53PM +0300, Dmitry Marakasov wrote:
> I thought it doesn't have anything to do with packages, as all
> packages are rebuilt from scratch every time anyway, and cluster
> doesn't care about versions at all.

We only rebuild packages from scratch at release time; there is not
nearly enough horsepower otherwise.  We use changes to the metadata
(version change, or change in dependency) to trigger rebuilds.
Otherwise, preexisting packages are used as dependencies.

mcl



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