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Date:      Sun, 17 Sep 2000 11:21:31 +1200
From:      "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org>
To:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/games/xlines Makefile ports/games/xlines/patches patch-aa
Message-ID:  <200009162321.LAA17226@ducky.nz.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009161615330.47275-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <20000916180157.P84360@FreeBSD.org>

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On 16 Sep 2000, at 16:16, Kris Kennaway wrote:

> Portrevision is used when the end product changes in such a way that
> people may want to know about the newer version and update. So if you
> modify a patch such that it functionally affects the binary, you should
> bump it - whether or not the patch is new is immaterial.

And doesn't pkg_version use this information?  If so, people would never 
know about the upgrade/path unless they were on this list.

<plug>
Of course, they could be subscribed to FreshPorts, and have xlines on 
their watch list....
</plug>

--
Dan Langille
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