Re: when to bump the revision number?

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:28:24 -0800 (PST), "Jeremy C. Reed"
<reed%reedmedia.net@localhost> 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