Misuse of PORTREVISION (Re: svn commit: r434379 - head/multimedia/x265)

[Mark Linimon]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 07:44:41PM -0500, Mikhail T. wrote:
> On 21.02.2017 19:03, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> >Like as said, as soon as you fix portmaster and portupgrade, you can
> >stop bumping PORTREVISION. (I say you, as it seems to be important to
> >you, so you may want to work on it.)
> 
> Actually, portupgrade already handles this situation --
> even if imperfectly. When upgrading a port to install a
> newer shared library-version, it will preserve the old
> shared library(ies) for the depending ports to keep
> working, if any.
> 
> >But, as long as nobody does that, you will continue to bump PORTREVISION.
> 
> I will, huh?
> 
>    -mi

Obviously I consider his attitude objectionable.

If he continues in this route I will be asking for formal permission
to commit the necessary portrevision bumps to his ports over his objection.

You may forward this mail to him if you feel appropriate.

mcl