Re: security/libassuan2

[David Holland <dholland-pkgtech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 11:12:04AM +0100, Jonathan Perkin wrote:
 > Last month security/libassuan2 was upgraded to version 3.x.  This makes the
 > package directory name a bit confusing.

I noticed that, yeah. And raised my eyebrows. And then forgot about it
because there were other fish to fry...

 > An added complication is that this
 > breaks any packages that still require the 2.x API (e.g. I am still
 > building an older copy of gnupg 2.0 because they broke compat after that
 > version.)
 > 
 > I'd recommend renaming it to security/libassuan, given that the old 1.x was
 > removed over 8 years ago, and optionally restoring v2.x back in place (I am
 > happy to maintain that if necessary).

Isn't the general preference that if any instance of a package is
numbered, all should be? So if we really need both, the new one should
be libassuan3.

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David A. Holland
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