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On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:17:03 +0100, Henry Gebhardt wrote: |
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> It seems that ebuilds do change quite frequently without a revision |
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> bump. |
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> Does anyone know what the policy is on changing ebuilds like that? |
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http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/index.html |
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"Ebuilds should have their -rX incremented whenever a change is made |
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which will make a substantial difference to what gets installed by the |
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package — by substantial, we generally mean "something for which many |
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users would want to upgrade". This is usually for bugfixes. |
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"Simple compile fixes do not warrant a revision bump; this is because they |
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do not affect the installed package for users who already managed to |
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compile it. Small documentation fixes are also usually not grounds for a |
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new revision." |
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IOW - If the ebuild installs basically the same code, there is no need to |
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force everyone to recompile. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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