Re: major bump note in faq/current.html

2010-05-29 Thread Alexandre Ratchov
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 07:58:03PM +0200, Charles Smith wrote: Can we ask in the future something similar at src/*/shlib_version major bumps? to avoid ``pkg_add -u'' complaining about bad major/minor I do the following: - check that my mirror is up to date ie ``ls'' to make sure all

Re: major bump note in faq/current.html

2010-05-29 Thread Charles Smith
Can we ask in the future something similar at src/*/shlib_version major bumps? to avoid ``pkg_add -u'' complaining about bad major/minor I do the following: - check that my mirror is up to date ie ``ls'' to make sure all files belong to the same snap you mean: all

Re: major bump note in faq/current.html

2010-05-28 Thread Charles Smith
Thank you for the polite answers. On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Charles Smith chasm_...@gmx.com wrote: Can we ask in the future something similar at src/*/shlib_version major bumps? Can we ask in the present that you actually describe what problem you're trying to solve when you suggest

Re: major bump note in faq/current.html

2010-05-28 Thread Charles Smith
Or maybe just send a heads up mail to m...@.

Re: major bump note in faq/current.html

2010-05-28 Thread Vadim Zhukov
2010/5/28 Charles Smith chasm_...@gmx.com: Or maybe just send a heads up mail to m...@. You do not need to bother about ABI changes if you're using -STABLE (thanks to developers). And if you're using -CURRENT, you're definitely advised to monitor source-changes@, no? -- WBR, Vadim Zhukov

Re: major bump note in faq/current.html

2010-05-28 Thread Philip Guenther
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:42 AM, Charles Smith chasm_...@gmx.com wrote: On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Charles Smith chasm_...@gmx.com wrote: Can we ask in the future something similar at src/*/shlib_version major bumps? Can we ask in the present that you actually describe what problem

Re: major bump note in faq/current.html

2010-05-28 Thread Charles Smith
Nowadays I'm using snapshots, but it can be current also, it is imo unimportant within aspect. Sometimes, seldom, I see on sources-changes@ major bumps. I mark the precise date, when the major bump happened. At the next upgrade i pay big attention that my base system must correspond with

Re: major bump note in faq/current.html

2010-05-28 Thread Charles Smith
- Original Message - From: Vadim Zhukov 2010/5/28 Charles Smith chasm_...@gmx.com: Or maybe just send a heads up mail to m...@. You do not need to bother about ABI changes if you're using -STABLE(thanks to developers). And if you're using -CURRENT, you'redefinitely advised to

major bump note in faq/current.html

2010-05-27 Thread Charles Smith
Can we ask in the future something similar at src/*/shlib_version major bumps? Index: current.html === RCS file: /cvs/www/faq/current.html,v retrieving revision 1.221 diff -u -r1.221 current.html --- current.html 27 May 2010

Re: major bump note in faq/current.html

2010-05-27 Thread Henning Brauer
* Charles Smith chasm_...@gmx.com [2010-05-27 20:06]: Can we ask in the future something similar at src/*/shlib_version major bumps? this is not practical. -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS

Re: major bump note in faq/current.html

2010-05-27 Thread Philip Guenther
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Charles Smith chasm_...@gmx.com wrote: Can we ask in the future something similar at src/*/shlib_version major bumps? Can we ask in the present that you actually describe what problem you're trying to solve when you suggest extra work? You know, we just might