Re: git: 077bf08ddc98 - main - devel/git-filter-repo-devel: Add new port

From: Daniel Engberg <daniel.engberg.lists_at_pyret.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 21:45:52 UTC 
On 2024-10-21T22:31:31.000+02:00, Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> The branch main has been updated by cy:
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> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=077bf08ddc98986a3af4fbecfe3097589dad9598
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> commit 077bf08ddc98986a3af4fbecfe3097589dad9598
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> Author:     Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org>
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> AuthorDate: 2024-10-21 20:26:56 +0000
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> Commit:     Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org>
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> CommitDate: 2024-10-21 20:31:02 +0000
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>     devel/git-filter-repo-devel: Add new port
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>     devel/git-filter-repo-devel tracks git-filter-repo development. It
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>     includes fixes not yet available in the latest release. Most
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>     specifically bug #261, opened by myself, that results in the loss
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>     of files.
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> ---
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Hi,

If the current release causes data loss why create a short lived (?)
-devel port and not update the existing port? Why and how are current
users supposed to know that it's broken and that they should(?) run
the -devel port instead?

Best regards,

Daniel