Re: Ports with version numbers going backwards: lang/typescript-go, net-im/tg_ow...

On Sat, Apr 04, 2026 at 04:46:48PM +0000, Sergey A. Osokin wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 04, 2026 at 12:58:08PM +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> > ** The following ports have a version number that sorts before a previous one **
> > 
> >  For many package tools to work correctly, it is of utmost importance that
> >  version numbers of a port form a monotonic increasing sequence over time.
> >  Refer to the FreeBSD Porter's Handbook, 'Package Naming Conventions' for
> >  more information. Tools that won't work include pkg_version, portupgrade
> >  and portaudit. A common error is an accidental deletion of PORTEPOCH.
> > 
> >  Please fix any errors as soon as possible.
> > 
> >  The ports tree was updated at Sat Apr  4 2026 12:30:00 UTC.
> > 
> > - *net-im/tg_owt* <[email protected]>: tg_owt-0.0.20250309 < tg_owt-0.0.20251212_3
> 
> We're for a way to improve handling of the net-im/tg_owt version, could you
> guide me how to improve that: tg_owt is the date-based material, no official
> releases, https://github.com/desktop-app/tg_owt.
> 
Hmm, for a moment I thought you could use something like a commit count as I have
done in sysutils/apt-mirror-devel but that still requires an official tag I guess.

Maybe somebody else has a better idea?

> In case we (fluffy and osa) see a new commit in the tree, we
> update the version with the date the commit was made.
> 
> Last time it was a typo, we'd definitely need to bump version with
> the actual year, fluffy is going to fix that asap.  Thanks, Dima!
> 
Kind regards,
René
> -- 
> Sergey A. Osokin