On Aug 8, 2011, at 15:07, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:

> On Aug 8, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> If the replaced port is depended upon by other ports, those other ports need 
>> to be updated to now depend on the replacement. That's the responsibility of 
>> whoever caused the port to be replaced.
> 
> That can take some time when ports that depend on the replaced_by port are 
> not maintained by you and are not openmaintainer. Seems reasonable to 
> accommodate successful upgrades during the transition.

I would say it is fine to update all ports immediately, without consultation 
with maintainers, since there is no valid objection those maintainers could 
make.


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