Re: pkg/43387: XFCE update: 4.6.2

["OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/43387; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: pkg/43387: XFCE update: 4.6.2
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:25:48 +0900

 On Mon, 31 May 2010 23:05:03 +0900, dieter roelants 
<dieter.NetBSD%pandora.be@localhost> wrote:
 
 >  >  > Explicitly set XFCE4_VERSION for packages that stayed at 4.6.1.
 >  >
 >  >  What does it mean? still not updated yet? or not a part of xfce4?
 > Not part of the 4.6.2 release.
 
 Hmm, since I'm not familiar about meta-pkgs/xfce4 and xfce4-extra,
 but I feel meta-pkgs/xfce4 is for convenience of users, not based on xfce4 
release.
 Would that be right?
 
 >  >  I feel that individual packages should not set its standalone version to 
 > XFCE4_VERSION,
 >  >  and ${XFCE4_VERSION} should be used as subdir of MASTER_SITES.
 > I agree about the second, but why would you not override XFCE4_VERSION?
 >  It would automatically provide a correct MASTER_SITES for the 4.6.1
 >  packages. (The 4.6.1 distfiles were not replicated in the 4.6.2
 >  directory.)
 
 For example, in your patch, x11/libxfce4gui set XFCE4_VERSION=4.6.4,
 but xfce4-4.6.4 is not released.