No-op port updates

[Peter Pentchev]

On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 09:47:55AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> On 10/16/2010 8:30 AM, Rob Farmer wrote:
> >What is the best practice for no-op port updates - i.e. version 1.0
> >and 1.1 produce identical FreeBSD packages but they might be different
> >on Linux/elsewhere? Update to have to port appear "current" or avoid
> >forcing people to do unnecessary updates?
> 
> When faced with similar situations in the past I have chosen not to
> update, until the whinging became too extreme. :)  This is one of
> those where there is no "right" answer.

I've sometimes added a comment to the port's Makefile explaining
the needlessness of an update.

G'luck,
Peter

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