Re: Which to bump for distfile location change?
On 2011-Jul-26 17:03:24 -0400, Wesley Shields w...@atarininja.org wrote: On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 09:08:13PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote: No default package change, no portrevision bump. Leave it as is. Chris is right but I don't want to give people the impression that is the only time to bump PORTREVISION. Another way of looking at it is: Should a user who has the port successfully installed rebuild the port, even though the distfile version hasn't changed. -- Peter Jeremy pgpdoZpZTL7sJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Which to bump for distfile location change?
Following a recent post to this list, I need to update a port, just to change a distfile location. It seems excessive to bump PORTREVISION, so what is the best thing to change (if any). ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Which to bump for distfile location change?
On Jul 26, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Bob Eager wrote: Following a recent post to this list, I need to update a port, just to change a distfile location. It seems excessive to bump PORTREVISION, so what is the best thing to change (if any). Probably nothing-- if someone already has a copy of the distfile, and there are no other changes, then there is no need to force them to rebuild the port by bumping PORTREVISION. Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Which to bump for distfile location change?
On 26 Jul 2011 20:47, Bob Eager r...@tavi.co.uk wrote: Following a recent post to this list, I need to update a port, just to change a distfile location. It seems excessive to bump PORTREVISION, so what is the best thing to change (if any). No default package change, no portrevision bump. Leave it as is. Chris ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Which to bump for distfile location change?
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 09:08:13PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote: On 26 Jul 2011 20:47, Bob Eager r...@tavi.co.uk wrote: Following a recent post to this list, I need to update a port, just to change a distfile location. It seems excessive to bump PORTREVISION, so what is the best thing to change (if any). No default package change, no portrevision bump. Leave it as is. Chris is right but I don't want to give people the impression that is the only time to bump PORTREVISION. While the default package change rule of thumb is always a good one there is more to it than just that when deciding to bump PORTREVISION or not. Here's the rough questions I go through in my head when I'm facing this kind of decision: If the default package changes, bump it. Only caveat here is if it's a minor change (say a typo in a man page or something). If it's chasing a shlib bump of another port and this port defaults to off, bump it anyways as some people may be bit by this. If it's a change to an option that defaults to off, and one can expect a reasonable number of people to benefit from it, bump it. I'm sure there are others and I'm sure some people will disagree with some of these. But those are the rough guidelines I follow. -- WXS ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
