On Apr 25, 2011, at 09:43, Jeff Johnson wrote:

> 
> On Apr 25, 2011, at 10:36 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Apr 6, 2011, at 05:36, [email protected] wrote:
>> 
>>> Revision: 77613
>>>        http://trac.macports.org/changeset/77613
>>> Author:   [email protected]
>>> Date:     2011-04-06 03:36:53 -0700 (Wed, 06 Apr 2011)
>>> Log Message:
>>> -----------
>>> doxygen: remove coreutils dependency, use BSD install instead. refs #28987
>> 
>> FYI, this probably didn't require a revision bump. All you've done is 
>> changed *how* files are installed, but you haven't changed *what* files are 
>> installed. The files a user will get by installing doxyegn @1.7.3_3 are 
>> exactly the same as the ones they'll get by installing doxyegn @1.7.3_4. 
>> Keep this in mind for future updates so you don't make people rebuild ports 
>> unnecessarily.
>> 
> 
> This is a dead-on observation and astute annalysis.
> 
> There is a far wider domain of application however, particularly
> as MacPorts attempts binary packaging:
> 
>       Most "builds" don't change content at all but instead adjust metadata.

Indeed, we'll have to revise our guidelines when we build and distribute 
binaries. We don't do that yet, though.


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