On 28 Mar 2012 19:06, "Michael Scheidell" <scheid...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > On 3/28/12 1:06 PM, Philip M. Gollucci wrote: >> >> On 03/28/12 16:28, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: >>> >>> But, for example, it seems to me that PORTREVISION should NOT be bumped >>> if a LIB_DEPENDS changes, and it is not a major library revision change. >>> For example, in this case the portmaster program reinstalls the library >>> only, and changes the +CONTENTS and +REQUIRED_BY of the various >>> installed packages appropriately. And the program will still work just >>> fine. So PORTREVISION should not be bumped. >> >> I'm fairly sure thats exactly backwards. I believe you're talking about >> our 'Chase sh lib version bump' commits which most definitely require a >> bump even if the major version doesn't change, b/c the old packages will >> reference the old library. >> >> Take devel/apr-1 for example. > > So, basically, you do enough pr's, you will bump portrevision and someone will complain, and you will skip bumping portrevision and someone will complain :-) > > 10 programmers, 15 opinions. > >
... which is why an FAQ page is good to point at if people moan! I look forward to the comments on your proposed list ;) Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"