Re: git: 192c4d399bd4 - main - security/p5-Authen-SASL: Use upstream version scheme

On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 10:05:55AM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
> Am 18.08.25 um 09:25 schrieb Alexey Dokuchaev:
> > On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 01:35:30PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
> > > ...
> > > Yep, current wording of the porter's handbook suggests that you're right.
> > 
> > I find this PHB part misleading and even harmful.  Traditional approach
> > (start with PORTVERSION and only fallback to DISTVERSION for ill-formed
> > versions) is IMHO more robust and error-resistant, not to mention more
> > logical (PORT{NAME,VERSION,REVISION} triad).
> 
> Care to explain why that would be "harmful"?

https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-ports-main/2025-June/153181.html

> > > So unless we version the porter's handbook and point out important
> > > changes, how am I or are we to learn the preference after some 20 years?
> > 
> > Keep using PORTVERSION like your muscle memory and common sense suggest or
> > DISTVERSION if one prefers it as most of the times they're interchangeable.
> 
> I'll make my own decisions, thanks.

Right, that's exactly what I implied, given there are only two options and
you or anyone else are free to use any of them. :-)

./danfe