Re: Ports with version numbers going backwards: devel/py-wheel, math/parmetis

From: Daniel Engberg <diizzy_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:58:41 UTC
On 2025-04-30 18:49, Thierry Thomas wrote:
> Le mer. 30 avr. 25 à 18:38:34 +0200, Mathieu Arnold<mat@freebsd.org>
>   écrivait :
>
>>> I already replied on Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:41:58 +0200 that PORTEPOCH is
>>> not needed for Parmetis, but I guess that this is an automatic email…
>> Well, the port was removed a couple of months ago, and was added back,
>> it's not enough time to say nobody had the port installed any more, it
>> should get a PORTEPOCH bump.
> As I said previously, this is just a technical update: if someone had
> this port installed, there is no need for him to upgrade.

But again, that's not how to ports tree / framework works as shown.

Also, math/parmetis was dumped into tree without a maintainer so if it's 
broken we can always remove it again....

Best regards,

Daniel