Re: 2008Q1 -> current: downgrade

[Aleksey Cheusov <cheusov%tut.by@localhost>]

> My point was that we have come 11 years in pkgsrc with very few
> requirements for this functionality.  Suddenly it has become
> absolutely critical and essential to have it now, to address this
> "real problem".
[...]
> My objection is that this is overkill, unnecessary, unwanted by some,
> and can be worked around. My hands have stopped waving now.

> And can you tell me when this epoch would have been used in the past 5
> years, please?
pkgsrc versions fetched by 'cvs up -D<DATE>'

20070520 vs. 20080520
 cad/gattrib gattrib 20070216 1.4.0
 cad/geda geda 20070216 1.4.0
 cad/geda-docs geda-docs 20070216 1.4.0
 cad/geda-examples geda-examples 20070216 1.4.0
 cad/geda-symbols geda-symbols 20070216 1.4.0
 cad/geda-utils geda-utils 20070216 1.4.0
 cad/gnetlist gnetlist 20070216 1.4.0
 cad/gschem gschem 20070216nb1 1.4.0
 cad/gsymcheck gsymcheck 20070216 1.4.0
 cad/libgeda libgeda 20070216 1.4.0
 chat/dircproxy-devel dircproxy 1.2.0nb2 1.2.0beta2nb1
 devel/p5-AnyEvent p5-AnyEvent 2.52 2.9
 devel/python-mode python-mode 4.54nb1 1.0
 emulators/compat14 compat14 1.4.3.1nb1 1.4.3nb2
 graphics/spcaview spcaview 0.60 0.6b
 mail/roundcube roundcube 20070508 0.1.1
 math/lapack lapack 20010201nb4 3.1.1
 sysutils/top top 3.6a7 3.6.1

20060520 vs. 20070520
 audio/openal openal 20040816nb1 0.0.8
 devel/guile-gtk guile-gtk 0.40.91nb3 0.5
 devel/p5-Graph p5-Graph 0.201nb2 0.80
 fonts/ko-baekmuk ko-baekmuk 20010718nb5 2.1
 net/sdig sdig 0.30nb1 0.30
 sysutils/ccd2iso ccd2iso 0.9 0.3
 sysutils/shmux shmux 1.0b5 1.0
 time/sunbird sunbird 0.3a1 0.3.1
 wm/wmii wmii 20051114nb1 3.1

20050520 vs. 20060520
 audio/snd snd 19980212nb2 7.18nb2
 devel/libslang libslang 1.4.9nb3 1.4.9nb1
 devel/ode ode 0.039 0.5nb2
 emulators/wine wine 20050310 0.9.13
 net/nemesis nemesis 1.32nb1 1.4

20040520 vs. 20050520
 biology/phylip phylip 3.573c 3.61
 converters/xlhtml xlhtml 0.5.1 0.5
 cross/avr-libc avr-libc 2003.05.11nb1 1.0.4
 devel/gcvs gcvs 1.0a7nb2 1.0nb1
 devel/tkdiff tkdiff 4.0b2 4.0.2
 emulators/zsnes zsnes 1.360nb2 1.42nb1
 games/criticalmass CriticalMass 0.98nb2 0.9.10nb1
 graphics/camlimages camlimages 2.11nb1 2.2.0
 graphics/povray povray 3.50cnb2 3.6.1nb1
 lang/smlnj smlnj 110.45 110.42
 sysutils/mksunbootcd mksunbootcd 19990513 1.0
 textproc/docbook-simple docbook-simple 1.1b1nb1 1.1nb0
 textproc/helpdeco helpdeco 21nb1 2.1.1
 www/ap-jk ap-jk 3.2.4 1.2.8

20030520 vs. 20040520
 converters/p5-Convert-UUlib p5-Convert-UUlib 0.213 0.31
 converters/tex2rtf tex2rtf 164 2.01
 databases/p5-perl-ldap p5-perl-ldap 0.2701 0.30nb1
 editors/kile kile 1.32nb1 1.6.2
 emulators/vmware-module3 vmware-module 3.2.2 3.2.1.5
 graphics/xdvipresent xdvipresent 0.6p12 0.6.1.14nb2
 lang/gcc-ssp gcc-ssp 2.95.3.13nb 2.95.3.13nb2
 net/ettercap ettercap 0.6.9nb1 0.6.bnb1
 textproc/crimson crimson 1.1.3.1 1.1.3

Do you need the same information for ALL 11 years of pkgsrc?

-- 
Best regards, Aleksey Cheusov.