svn commit: r422826 - head/security/libsodium

[Mathieu Arnold]

Le 28/09/2016 à 00:12, John Marino a écrit :
> On 9/27/2016 17:07, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
>> Le 28/09/2016 à 00:03, John Marino a écrit :
>>
>> How would bug fixes not propagate ?
>>
>> You know what a .so is, right ?
>>
>> If something gets fixed in libfoo.so.1.2.3 and it previously was bad in
>> libfoo.so.1.2.2, then the fixed function gets in libfoo.so.1.2.3, and
>> everything using it will get the fixed function.
>
> How about static versions of these libraries?

Those obviously are looking for trouble, but they are easy to find.

In this case, there are no ports with a BUILD_DEPENDS on libsodium.

> My question stands: Why is there a trend to avoid bumps at all costs?

It's not a question of avoid bump, it's a question of doing the right thing.

-- 
Mathieu Arnold


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