Re: PR/47769 CVS commit: pkgsrc/textproc/ispell-ro

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/47769; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: PR/47769 CVS commit: pkgsrc/textproc/ispell-ro
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:28:18 +0700

     Date:        Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:05:05 +0000 (UTC)
     From:        "Blue Rats" <rodent%NetBSD.org@localhost>
     Message-ID:  <20130426170506.20C3C63F516%www.NetBSD.org@localhost>
 
   |  Removing DIST_SUBDIR since the package was renamed. Resolves PR pkg/47769
 
 I don't think that was the right solution - the DIST_SUBDIR was there
 (I believe) because the distfile has no version info in its name.
 
 Not having version info anywhere in a distfile name is a recipe for
 (eventual) madness - putting the file in a DIST_SUBDIR that contains
 a version identifier (it was a date) seems like a sane solution.
 
 Of course, since it appears that the distfile hasn't changed in the past
 10 years, it may be that no-one will ever be bitten by this particular
 case, but still, in general, distfiles without any kind of version ID
 are a very very bad idea.
 
 kre