On 21 Jan 2007, at 20:57, John Ridgway wrote:
On Jan 20, 2007, at 3:27 PM, Salvatore Domenick Desiano wrote:
Incidentally, I only think this should be used for specific ports
where
more than one major version is constantly in active use (apache,
mysql,
postgresql come to mind). In other cases a "beta" variant might be a
better approach.
The problem with this is that I remember reading (somewhere) that
variants should not change the version! Is that rule to be relaxed
in the case of "beta" variants?
It is a bad idea for variants to change versions if only because a
new version of a port may require different patches, configure
arguments, download different source code, etc, and lead to a
massive, unwieldily, and most-likely difficult to read portfile. In
addition, the port index will not be able to accurately reflect the
port version or dependencies if that happens.
Randall Wood
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"The rules are simple: The ball is round. The game lasts 90 minutes.
All the
rest is just philosophy."
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