On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 09:30:28PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 09:23:25PM -0400, Wesley Shields wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:14:13PM +0000, David O'Brien wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 01:34:26PM +0100, Pav Lucistnik wrote: > > > > David O'Brien wrote: > > > > >There is zero reason to force a reinstall for a PLIST change. > > > > >Either the port is already installed (and the user can wait for > > > > >some other reason to update), or the port isn't installed and > > > > >bumping PORTREVISION does nothing. > > > > > > > > It's needed for package cluster, otherwise it does not know to rebuild > > > > and will serve incomplete package forever. > > > > > > Is there ever a change then that doesn't require a bump in either > > > PORTREVISION or PORTVERSION? > .. > > Just changing the maintainer should not require the user to do anything. > > That is the only case I can think of. Even changing the comment or > pkg-descr should have its PORTREVISION bumped in order to get a new > package built so users have the fresh description.
I would disagree. There's no need for users to rebuild their perfectly fine packages just so they get new description most of them do not care about anyways. ./danfe _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
