cvs commit: ports/security/p5-IO-Socket-SSL Makefile distinfo

[Doug Barton]

On 12/09/2011 11:44, b. f. wrote:
> On 12/9/11, Chris Rees <utisoft at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 9 Dec 2011 18:25, "Doug Barton" <dougb at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
>> Surely there's a lot of value placed on being in sync with upstream?

Too much, that was sort of my point. :)

> If there are no changes relevant to FreeBSD, there is little value in
> updating, and some cost, since updating leads to rebuilds in
> package-building clusters, in tinderboxes, and on the machines of many
> users.

Right ... not to mention needlessly updating production systems.

>> Are we supposed to pick and choose updates based on the maintainer's whims?
> 
> Of course not on whims, but on the changes in the new version.

The port maintainer's job is not to blindly update everything in sight.
Otherwise the job would be called "UPDATER=". :)

That said, Philippe's answer was that the changelog is not complete, and
that there actually were valuable changes included in this revision. I'm
happy to take his word for that.


Doug

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