Created attachment 252039 [details] luakit portscout As you see portscout thinks the 2017.08.10 is the latest version (because 2017.08.10 is "newer" then 2.*).
Created attachment 252042 [details] portscout I can't update any further until webkit2-gtk3 is updated. Newer than www/luakit-devel will result in an error.
(In reply to mew14930xvi from comment #1) If portscout reports an update it doesn't mean you should update. The report of portscout in this case isn't real because luakit versioning changed. Check "pkg version -t 2.3 2017.02". So any new release (2.x) isn't newer than 2017.* so portscout doesn't send notification. I want change this with my suggestion. So I don't suggest disable portscout (an example of disabling is mail/squirrelmail).
What are the issues to be disabled?
(In reply to mew14930xvi from comment #3) The squirellmail provides every day a subversion-snapshot (see https://squirrelmail.org/download.php - 1.4.23-svn) even if nothing changed (the last change was at 27 Mar 2024). If I don't disable it I receive a notification every day. See https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/mail/squirrelmail?id=949980c8475e0bb2691da53f451a78e1dc82d63d
What problems do you have with portscout deeming 2017.08.10 as the latest?
(In reply to mew14930xvi from comment #5) If you're the maintainer you will receive email from portscout if new version is released. You don't need check the webpage every day/week/... because of new release (and if you've many-many ports it'd take many time). It's an automatism. Check https://portscout.freebsd.org/ and choose a maintainer which has positive value in "Ports with New Distfile(s)". I hope my explanation is understandable.
Relevant part of Porter's Handbook: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#distfile-survey
So no one has a problem except the maintainer?
(In reply to mew14930xvi from comment #8) Yes :)
I have never received that notification. All I have received is this PR special attention.
(In reply to mew14930xvi from comment #10) I'm maintaining some ports and I receive notifications about new releases (not every day only if new release is available).
In March the maintainer became ports@ and I don't recall seeing luakit in the reports of portscout on the mailing list. By the way, I do not understand about maintainer-feedback. What does it mean? I asked at 279480 about 278925 but received no response. https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=279480
(In reply to mew14930xvi from comment #12) Portscout check the port's MASTER_SITE. If it find a newer version on MASTER_SITE the portscout send an email to port maintainer. It doesn't send any email about change of maintainer. "By the way, I do not understand about maintainer-feedback. What does it mean?" The maintainer can approve patches in bugzilla. The commiters (and maybe others too) can see a list of maintainer-approved bugs and can take and commit it. See more here: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#makefile-maintainer Without maintainer approval can't commit non-trivial changes. You approved my patch and now I can commit it. If something isn't clear please ask and I can try answer.
A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=a0f752b56d84c71df59c17255a65ebeb482ee23a commit a0f752b56d84c71df59c17255a65ebeb482ee23a Author: Zsolt Udvari <uzsolt@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2024-07-15 17:26:04 +0000 Commit: Zsolt Udvari <uzsolt@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-07-15 17:27:43 +0000 www/luakit: skip date-based versions Use PORTSCOUT to skip date-based (2017.*) versions. PR: 280272 Approved by: mew14930xvi <mew14930xvi@inbox.lv> www/luakit/Makefile | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
Committed, thanks!
I don't understand what feedback means. The difference between + and -. Is maintainer feedback relevant for timeouts? In other words, can timeouts be avoided simply by commenting? As for the mailing list, it is about this. https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ports/2024-July/006384.html
(In reply to mew14930xvi from comment #16) +: approved, -: rejected :) The timeout exists, two week. And yes, the comment (from maintainer) is a feedback and reset the timeout. The comment can be a question, correction, etc. About email message: you'll receive similar email (to your email) when a new version released. These ports are unmaintained so the email sent to everyone.
Thank you. As an excuse In my country, +,- is used in an arithmetic sense and is not found in such a selection.
(In reply to mew14930xvi from comment #18) Yes, we use + and - as arithmetic operations too and signs. In everyday life we use "positive" as "good" and "negative" as "bad". I'm glad I could help.
(In reply to Zsolt Udvari from comment #19) And maybe in American films (especially fighter jets, war,...) the soldiers, agents say "positive" (means "yes"), "negative" (means "no").