On Sep 18, 2007, at 15:43, Jonathan Strine wrote:
On Sep 18, 2007, at 3:45 PM, Daniel J. Luke wrote:
On Sep 18, 2007, at 2:44 PM, Jonathan Strine wrote:
A recent port I submitted (dynamips-0.2.7) needs a minor update
to compile correctly for the no_pcap variant and on powerpc
platforms. Should I increment the revision number on my
Portfile? Or should I keep the revision at 0 since it is a minor
change that doesn't require an upgrade if you already have
dynamips installed?
The general rule is that if the change changes the files that end
up being installed, then you want to bump the revision.
It's also often useful to bump it whenever you make a bugfix (as
it's easy for the end user to see if they have the latest portfile
or not).
However, it sometimes makes sense to make a change and not bump
the revision. I suppose if on ppc +no_pcap didn't end up
installing anything at all, it might be OK to not bump the revision.
Or to summarize, it's largely up to the maintainer to decide, but
it's generally more useful to bump it than not to.
Thanks for the clarification. I have created a new trac ticket
with the updated Portfile (#12737). Commit at your convenience.
Committed; thanks!
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