On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 09:22:43PM +1030, Berndt Josef Wulf wrote:
> Another problem that I see is that package maintainer are too keenly setting 
> BUILDLINK_DEPENDS.xxxx in the buildlink2.mk files to the current revision 
> level, although, applications  may not necessarily require it if backward 
> compatibility is ensured..

The policy is that the BUILDLINK_DEPENDS.xxx should only be bumped
if necessary.  "If necessary" includes:
. security fixes in the package
. library major bumps

I'm not aware of BUILDLINK_DEPENDS.xxx updates in the recent months
that were not supported by one of the two above arguments.

 Thomas