svn commit: r551167 - head/ports-mgmt/pkg

[Alexey Dokuchaev]

On Fri, Oct 02, 2020 at 04:47:22PM +0200, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:
> ...
> In pkg (like a lot of programs) there is a concept of major (currently
> 1), a minor (currently 15) and patch (currently 8).
> We do a patch release on the stable branch (1.15) each time there is
> some bugs fixed. If the bug isn't big we usually wait for a few of them
> to be fixed. When they could break anything for the user we cut a new
> release.

I understand this; however, I'm wondering why so many little bugs (and
fixes) start coming in quick succession.  It was not like that before.
I might expect this from the pkg-devel port, but not the stable one.

> If you don't want to download new tarballs don't update your ports tree

Right, that's what I'm usually doing in these cases, as I often find
myself working on ports with poor or without any network coverage.  If
only those bugs would be caught by the pkg-devel port. :-)  Perhaps it
is not being dog-fed enough on our port builders?

./danfe