On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 07:43:32 -0400 Robert Huff articulated: > > Jerry writes: > > > GnuTLS v3.0.18 was released on 2012-04-02. The latest port's > > versions are "gnutls-2.12.18" and "gnutls-devel-2.99.4" > > respectively. > > > > GnuTLS v3.0.18 is considered the latest stable build by the > > authors. Are there any plans to update the ports system to this > > version. In addition, since the port's "gnutls-devel-2.99.4" > > version is really not the latest experimental version any longer, > > shouldn't it be removed to avoid any confusion? > > Looking at the list of ports down-stream, I suspect this will > require substantial testing before any upgrade is puvlished. And > that doesn't count ports that may simply be unable to use it.
The answer then is to simply do what has been done with other ports that have numerous major version numbers; i.e. Bash, MySQL, etcetera. Create a GnuTLS-2 and a GnuTLS-3 port and maintain the latest versions in each respective port. In fact, it is probably the only logical way to maintain this port correctly. Perhaps even creating a "GNUTLS_DEFAULT_VERSION=3" directive for the "/etc/make.conf" file. There are definitely numerous ways to handle this problem. The benefits are quite obvious. First, the newer port would be available for testing and use. Second, no matter how much pseudo testing is actually done by the port maintainer, etcetera, it will never match the actual results from having the port in general use by those who choose to use it. Reports of incompatibility, if any, would be greatly enhanced. As an example, I found I believe five ports that would not build with the OpenSSL port even though it had reportedly been "tested" prior to its release. Unless there is/are some show stopping problems with the newer version; exempli gratia "it doesn't build on FreeBSD", the rational for delaying its release seems rather counter productive. In any case, GnuTLS v3.0.0 was released on 2011-07-29 so it is not like this has suddenly been sprung upon the community. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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"