Re: Big devel/gradle update

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

On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 08:18:19PM +0000, Kevin Bloom wrote:
 > I've updated devel/gradle in wip to version 8.7. The version in
 > -current is currently 6.8.3 and there have been a LOT of updates
 > since then. Not to mention, each update has its own entire page for
 > release notes[1]. Granted most of the page is how to upgrade and
 > how to work with the new version but still there are a lot of updates.
 > Is there a correct way to handle this in the commit message?
 > 
 > I wouldn't be concerned if each version only had a handful of updates
 > or easy short line explanations but these are like entire
 > explanations.
 > 
 > To be fair, the minor version updates (i.e. 7.6.1 -> 7.6.2) aren't
 > that bad and have a list[2].

Since nobody's responded in week...

I would just say "five years of active development" or whatever and
include the links. Maybe list some highlights if it's not too much
trouble to put together.

Won't be the first package where this has happened.

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David A. Holland
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