ports/174819: games/exult: Update to 1.4.9

[green dog]

The following reply was made to PR ports/174819; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: green dog <fiziologus at gmail.com>
To: Alex Kozlov <spam at rm-rf.kiev.ua>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ports/174819: games/exult: Update to 1.4.9
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 10:14:38 +0400

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 I do not like rc. Let it hang can really fix it.
 
 
 2013/2/3 Alex Kozlov <spam at rm-rf.kiev.ua>
 
 > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 12:24:00PM +0400, green dog wrote:
 > > > I don't think it's a good idea to update port to 1.4.9rc1. It's old
 > > > and has a critical bug 'that causes random objects in the games to
 > > >  disappear forever'.
 > > > (see http://exult.sourceforge.net , news entry from 11 February 2011).
 > > reported on the forum like this bug is related to the work of a garbage
 > > collector, and thus depends on the system (for example, I did not find
 > > posts that were able to reproduce it).
 > Perhaps, but exact cause of this bug was not found, it assumed to be fixed
 > in recent (newer than 1.4.9rc1) snapshots.
 > http://exult.sourceforge.net/forum/read.php?f=1&i=358191&t=358191 :
 > "We assume it has been fixed. With the not sure way to trigger it we don't
 > know for sure. We haven't had any negative report though ;)"
 >
 > I propose to wait a little longer before update because (from thread
 > above):
 > "There's still some bugs that we want to fix and recent changes need play
 > tested to make sure that we didn't break anything."
 >
 >
 > --
 > Alex
 >
 
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 <div dir=3D"ltr">I do not like rc. Let it hang can really fix it.<br></div>=
 <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2013/2/3 Alex=
  Kozlov <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:spam at rm-rf.kiev.ua" target=
 =3D"_blank">spam at rm-rf.kiev.ua</a>></span><br>
 <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
 x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"im">On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 12=
 :24:00PM +0400, green dog wrote:<br>
 > > I don't think it's a good idea to update port to 1.4.9rc1=
 . It's old<br>
 > > and has a critical bug 'that causes random objects in the gam=
 es to<br>
 > > =A0disappear forever'.<br>
 > > (see <a href=3D"http://exult.sourceforge.net" target=3D"_blank">h=
 ttp://exult.sourceforge.net</a> , news entry from 11 February 2011).<br>
 </div><div class=3D"im">> reported on the forum like this bug is related=
  to the work of a garbage<br>
 > collector, and thus depends on the system (for example, I did not find=
 <br>
 > posts that were able to reproduce it).<br>
 </div>Perhaps, but exact cause of this bug was not found, it assumed to be =
 fixed<br>
 in recent (newer than 1.4.9rc1) snapshots.<br>
 <a href=3D"http://exult.sourceforge.net/forum/read.php?f=3D1&i=3D358191=
 &t=3D358191" target=3D"_blank">http://exult.sourceforge.net/forum/read.=
 php?f=3D1&i=3D358191&t=3D358191</a> :<br>
 "We assume it has been fixed. With the not sure way to trigger it we d=
 on't<br>
 know for sure. We haven't had any negative report though ;)"<br>
 <br>
 I propose to wait a little longer before update because (from thread above)=
 :<br>
 "There's still some bugs that we want to fix and recent changes ne=
 ed play<br>
 tested to make sure that we didn't break anything."<br>
 <span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
 <br>
 --<br>
 Alex<br>
 </font></span></blockquote></div><br></div>
 
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