obsoleteing PORTREVISION bumps (Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/icu)

garga at freebsdbrasil.com.br garga at freebsdbrasil.com.br
Thu Feb 7 16:56:08 PST 2008


> ÞÅÔ×ÅÒ 07 ÌÀÔÉÊ 2008 06:10 ÐÏ, Jeremy Messenger ÷É ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌÉ:
>> What about the users that who are using ports, not packages?
>
> What about them? Which scenario do you foresee breaking?
>
>> The PORTREVISION is needed or/and add info in /usr/ports/UPDATING about
>> š
>> reinstall these ports that depend on icu.
>
> I don't think, PORTREVISION bump is needed in these cases -- only when the
> port itself is changed. Any changes due to build-dependencies
> (lib-dependencies among them) should be tracked independently.

I disagree with you, i believe one of the most important ports feature is
to make sysadmins life easier. Sure, you need to read UPDATING before
update ports, but, it makes much more sense to bump the PORTREVISION of
dependant ports, when a lib version bumps, it makes life easier and sounds
more organized to me.



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