Re: So many icewms

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Sun, May 19, 2024 at 10:21:42AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Not adequately documented, but we have evolved that a package should be
> in one of two states
> 
>   A) single version in pkgsrc, no version tag in package name
> 
>   B) multiple versions, every package has a version tag
> 
> and that packages should not transition from B to A unless it is
> believed they will stay in A for 3-5 years.  Basically, being in state B
> is a clue about the stability of a package's upstream and/or how the
> community of upstreams that depend on it behave.  Once it's not ok, my
> view is that it's likely to be not ok in the future.
> 
> And, we try to avoid renaming.

There are probably more exceptions than examples of this rule in action.
See ee sysutils/mc, sysutils/mc46,
graphics/ImageMagick, graphics/ImageMagick6,
databases/mongodb, databases/mongodb3

Right now when I need an old version for something, I haven't
been moving the new version.