[Bug 252245] [META] Ports broken by libgnuregex removal in -CURRENT

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--- Comment #4 from Kyle Evans <kevans at freebsd.org> ---
(In reply to Mikhail T. from comment #3)

> The convention to NOT use explicit major library numbers is there for good reasons - why should this case be an exception, I do not understand...

This is explained in the rest of that very paragraph:

> so that we can provide a consistent experience across all versions of FreeBSD, past and future, using a less-broken version of the library.

You are not doing yourself or your users any favors by using the base version
on any FreeBSD release. It has been removed because it has known bugs, and
deciding to use it there will just confuse folks as expressions may
inconsistently work across a FreeBSD upgrade on the same port version.

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