Subject: Re: when to bump the revision number?
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: pkgsrc-users
Date: 03/24/2006 20:44:42
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:28:24 -0800 (PST), "Jeremy C. Reed"
<reed@reedmedia.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> 
> > I want to change the MESSAGE.NetBSD file on a package.  Do I bump the
> > revision number when I do?
> 
> If it is a minor formatting or non-critical typo or mispelling fix, it 
> probably does not matter. (Some prefer every change to have a revision 
> bump and some never want any version changes.)
> 
> If the MESSAGE changes are important (and I assume they are), the package 
> is changed and so the PKG_REVISION should be increased.
> 
It's a user hint (that I just learned from nathanw) for audio/gtkpod: 

	Before uncabling your iPod, use the 'eject' command to turn off
	the "do not disconnect" message.

		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb