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   upgrade with an outdated version.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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