svn commit: r535526 - in head: . sysutils sysutils/py-rdiff-backup sysutils/py-rdiff-backup/files sysutils/rdiff-backup
Emanuel Haupt
ehaupt at FreeBSD.org
Wed May 20 14:59:08 UTC 2020
Mathieu Arnold <mat at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 08:35:20AM +0000, Hiroki Tagato wrote:
> > - Rename portname to py-rdiff-backup following Python Ports
> > Policy[1]
>
> This feels like a very bad idea, for more than one reason.
This was reviewed in (you subscribed too):
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24816
> - This renamed the package, so once again, it left users running pkg
> upgrade with an outdated version. Unless they notice it and figure
> out what the new name of the port is.
> - This looks like a end user tool, so, people will want to install
> rdiff-backup, not pyxy-rdiff-backup.
>
> All in all, I think the rename should be backed out.
koobs reasoning made sense to me but I don't mind renaming the port
again if there is a final consensus.
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