On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 07:27:10PM -0400, Allan Jude wrote: > On 2014-10-28 19:19, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > We are starting the release process of pkg 1.4, we want to have a better release > > process than with every single previous version of pkg. For that we will need > > you help! > > > > pkg-devel has been updated to the latest version of pkg as of alpha2. > > > > Changes you can expect in pkg 1.4 are the following: > > - Loads of bug fixes > > - Stricter checking of the path passed via the plist > > - Removal of the bundled libyaml > > - new --raw-format to chose the output format for info -R and search -R > > - ABI is now follwing MACHINE_ARCH (freebsd:10:x86:64 become FreeBSD:10:amd64) > > the old ABI is available as a fallback in ALTABI > > - pkg check now support a quiet mode > > - new 3 way merge code ("stolen" from the fossil-scm) to allow automerging > > configuration files > > - new _at_config keyword to mark a file as a config file (during > > upgrade/reinstallation it will try to merge the configuration with the one the > > user may have modified) an option AUTOMERGE is available to prevent > > automerging if automerge fails a .pkgnew file will be created along with the > > untouched user version of the configuration > > - The update procedure has been improved and speed up a lot (in particular for > > machine with low resources) > > - The unique identifier has been modified to be pkgname meaning now ports can be > > moved in new categories without having to be considered a different package > > - Only libraries starting by lib* are added to the provided libraries > > - General speed up of all operations > > > > We need help in testing, but we also need help in writing regression tests ! > > The more we have tests the more stable the releases will be. > > > > The release will also allow to be able to package base! > > > > regards, > > Bapt > > > > Naming the option 'AUTOMERGE' when it stops the automatic merging, seems > like a really bad idea. Either make it AUTOMERGE=false or NOAUTHMERGE or > something. The default it automerge: true you have to change it to automerge: false to prevent it to work regards, Bapt
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