On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:17:03 +0100, Henry Gebhardt wrote: > It seems that ebuilds do change quite frequently without a revision > bump.
> Does anyone know what the policy is on changing ebuilds like that? http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/index.html "Ebuilds should have their -rX incremented whenever a change is made which will make a substantial difference to what gets installed by the package — by substantial, we generally mean "something for which many users would want to upgrade". This is usually for bugfixes. "Simple compile fixes do not warrant a revision bump; this is because they do not affect the installed package for users who already managed to compile it. Small documentation fixes are also usually not grounds for a new revision." IOW - If the ebuild installs basically the same code, there is no need to force everyone to recompile. -- Neil Bothwick Genius is 99% inspiration and 2% arithmetic
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