Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 16:49:15 -0600 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.cc> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/evolution pkg-plist ports/mail/evolution/files patch-ac patch-camel::providers::local::Makefile.in patch-camel::providers::nntp::Makefile.in patch-camel::providers::pop3::Makefile.in patch-camel::providers::sendmail::Makefile.in patch-camel::providers::smtp::Makefile.in patch-mail::importers::Makefile.in Message-ID: <20020122224915.GB2462@madman.nectar.cc> In-Reply-To: <3C4DDA1F.622EAD6F@FreeBSD.org> References: <200201222039.g0MKdcm91935@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020122154603.H18609@squall.waterspout.com> <3C4DD282.A1FA297C@FreeBSD.org> <20020122160948.I18609@squall.waterspout.com> <3C4DDA1F.622EAD6F@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 11:31:11PM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Will Andrews wrote: > > They might affect some things, like the cpio bug that someone > > reported to Murray last week. And they're unsightly... you > > should fix your script so it optimizes the name lengths. > > Well, the idea behind those sometimes long names is that there is > always 1:1 mapping between the file in port and corresponding > patchfile, so that the history is automagically preserved (no need to > look at logs as with old patch-xy scheme) even if you will delete > patchfile at some point and put it back later. I agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment. Keep it consistent, otherwise one might as well use `patch-xy'. IMHO, The only really unsightly thing is the '::' path seperator, but it is far too late to worry about that --- and I can't really think of anything much better, anyway. Cheers, -- Jacques A. Vidrine <n@nectar.cc> http://www.nectar.cc/ NTT/Verio SME . FreeBSD UNIX . Heimdal Kerberos jvidrine@verio.net . nectar@FreeBSD.org . nectar@kth.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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