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

From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert_at_cschubert.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 21:58:45 UTC
On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 23:45:52 +0200
Daniel Engberg <daniel.engberg.lists@pyret.net> wrote:

> On 2024-10-21T22:31:31.000+02:00, Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> > The branch main has been updated by cy:
> > 
> > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=077bf08ddc98986a3af4fbecfe3097589dad9598
> > 
> > commit 077bf08ddc98986a3af4fbecfe3097589dad9598
> > 
> > Author:     Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org>
> > 
> > AuthorDate: 2024-10-21 20:26:56 +0000
> > 
> > Commit:     Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org>
> > 
> > CommitDate: 2024-10-21 20:31:02 +0000
> > 
> >     devel/git-filter-repo-devel: Add new port
> > 
> >     
> > 
> >     devel/git-filter-repo-devel tracks git-filter-repo development. It
> > 
> >     includes fixes not yet available in the latest release. Most
> > 
> >     specifically bug #261, opened by myself, that results in the loss
> > 
> >     of files.
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> >  
> 
> 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?

That's fair enough. I've updated the non-devel port to point to the
same git hash. It will be removed when the port is updated to a new
version that contains the 24 upstream commits that fix the bug.

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Daniel
> 



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