Re: git: 2b9b771202b2 - main - www/luakit-devel: update to 2.3.1-6
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:24:51 UTC
On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 01:21:09PM +0100, Nuno Teixeira wrote: > Hi, > > portepoch should be used with caution and when is no chance to avoid it, > e.g., upstream versioning changes. PORTEPOCH should be used when it is needed, like any tool. In this case, the package version goes backwards, so it should be used. > That's not the case on this port that suffers from a bad version design > from the beginning: > > First portepoch: 2.2.8 -> 2.2.1*-16* > Second portepoch (actual): 2.3-26 -> 2.3.1*-6* > > *-<commits count>* is the number of commits > > In the future will be more portepoch bumping due to '*-'*<commits count> > being interpertated as '*.'*<committs count> > > IMHO, solution is to think in a better port versioning. > > I will talk with maintainer to see what is his opinion. > > Thanks > > Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> escreveu no dia domingo, 16/10/2022 à(s) > 09:38: > > > On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 01:12:19AM +0100, Nuno Teixeira wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Yes, you are right > > > pkg version -t 2.3.1.6,1 2.3.26,1 == < > > > > > > -DISTVERSION= 2.3-26 > > > +DISTVERSION= 2.3.1-6 > > > > > > This will cause problems in the future and we cannot bump PORTEPOCH for > > > this reason. > > > > This is exactly what PORTEPOCH is for, so I do not understand your > > sentence. > > > > -- > > Mathieu Arnold > > > > > -- > Nuno Teixeira > FreeBSD Committer (ports) -- Mathieu Arnold