[MacPorts] #21544: libsdl 1.2.14 checksum failed

[Toby Peterson]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 15:41, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
>
> On Sep 23, 2009, at 13:29, MacPorts wrote:
>
>> #21544: libsdl 1.2.14 checksum failed
>>
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>>  Reporter:  senz@…        |       Owner:  ryandesign@…
>>     Type:  defect        |      Status:  closed
>>  Priority:  Normal        |   Milestone:
>> Component:  ports         |     Version:  1.8.0
>> Resolution:  fixed         |    Keywords:  SDL 1.2.14 checksum
>>     Port:  libsdl        |
>>
>> ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Comment(by toby@…):
>>
>> Reverted r58178 in r58179. A completely broken libsdl does not do any good
>> - upgrading daily is an inconvenience, but working is better than not
>> working.
>
> My concern is that we are now advertising in the libsdl port that we provide
> version 1.2.14, when no such version appears to have been released yet. The
> libsdl homepage shows 1.2.13 is the current version, and the fact that you
> had to download the 1.2.14 distfile from a directory called "tmp" instead of
> the usual "release" directory, and the fact that the distfile has already
> changed twice in two days, points to the fact that this is not a released
> version and should therefore not be provided by the libsdl port, which is
> supposed to be for the latest released version.

We also advertise it as working... I think that's the more important part. :-)

It's this or keep a ticket open that has 70+ people CC'd on it...

- Toby