> so i know that port updates are be carefully considered now-a-days with > 3.9 coming. so i have a question about what to do with the nmap port. > right now, 3.95 is in, but nmap 4.00 has been out for a few weeks. > however, amoung the usual bugs, the most annoying bug is the endian > issue with one of the new features. probes upstream have not given me > indication of when a bug fix release (4.01, i imagine) will be released, > and even if in time to make the ports tree-lock (if we are not basically > there). so 3 options, a) 3.9 ships with 3.95, b) 3.9 ships with 4.00 > with broken system_dns features for big-endian, or c) 3.9 ships with > 4.00 with non-official patch (almost non-official).
my vote would be to remain conservative and ship 3.95 and update the port with unofficial patches just after unlock if a new version is not yet available upstream. -- Mathieu Sauve-Frankel
