Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 02:58:19 +1100 From: Kubilay Kocak <koobs@FreeBSD.org> To: "A.J. \"Fonz\" van Werven" <freebsd@skysmurf.nl> Cc: FreeBSD ports mailing list <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help needed: ports builds on 10.X but breaks on 9.X Message-ID: <562F9F1B.3050303@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20151027144304.GB92455@biertje.skysmurf.nl> References: <20151003090630.GA14086@biertje.skysmurf.nl> <20151025151605.GA13444@biertje.skysmurf.nl> <562CF667.1030007@FreeBSD.org> <20151027144304.GB92455@biertje.skysmurf.nl>
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On 28/10/2015 1:43 AM, A.J. "Fonz" van Werven wrote: > Kubilay Kocak wrote: > >> Set merge-quarterly to ? in the bugzilla issue report, and ask (in a >> comment) for the committer who resolved it in ports HEAD to kindly merge >> it :) > > Thanks to you and Kurt Jaeger for the help. The committer in question has > now reassigned it to the security team so I'll wait and see what happens. > > Also thanks for the additional information Koobs. You're welcome :) > This does leave me with one question: just when is it appropriate to set > the merge-quarterly flag? Apparently quarterly fallout is one example and > security fixes are another. But is there anything else? > > AvW > The real question that informs the decision is: Might/Do the people using the quarterly want/need this? Officially it's: Very well-tested build/run/security issues/fixes. Another way to look at it is: Not version updates (all else being equal). A really way to get a better feel is to browse the quarterly commit log: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/branches/2015Q4/?view=log However, if you're unsure, it's appropriate to set the merge-quarterly flag to ? *any time* you think that (or are not entirely sure whether) a change/issue may need to be committed to quarterly. Really. We'd rather quarterly become high value and deal with a few more issues that have the flag incorrectly set (and deny the request), than missing commits/fixes that go into head that should be merged, but aren't. If you have any more questions, head on over to #freebsd-ports on freenode or #bsdports on Efnet IRC and you can ask as many as you want :) ./koobs
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